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WILLIAM JENKINS
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
November 5, 1939 – February 19, 1968
Service recordWilliam Jenkins, of St George, South Carolina, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 19, 1968, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 40E, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40E · Line 23
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 5, 1939
- Home of record
- St George, South Carolina (Dorchester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 19, 1968
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
93 names on the Wall carry the date February 19, 1968; four of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 232 of its members that month.
He died in Binh Long Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 40E, Line 23
- JOHN RANDOLPH HUSCHERSpecialist Four · February 19, 1968
- BENJAMIN F JOHNSON IIILance Corporal · February 19, 1968
- TIMOTHY JOHN KAPOUNCorporal · February 19, 1968
- MARTIN ROY KNIGHTPrivate First Class · February 19, 1968
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS JOHN LOBACKCorporal · Panel 40E, Line 24
- JOHN EDWARD MILANOWSKISergeant · Panel 40E, Line 25
- LARRY RICHARD MOOREPrivate First Class · Panel 40E, Line 25
- DONALD PETER ROEMERSpecialist Four · Panel 40E, Line 30
- BOBBIE EARL SIKESSergeant · Panel 40E, Line 31
From St George
- CLEMENT BRADLEY GRUBERSpecialist Four · March 8, 1968
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.