Rank: Specialist 4
Unit: E Troop, 2nd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 11D – Armor Reconnaissance Specialist
Awards: Army Good Conduct Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal Korea, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Unit awards: Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Enlisted by: Regular
Date of birth: 2-Sep-1952
Hometown: New York, New York
Marital status: Never Married
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Entered service: 25-Nov-1969
Start of tour: 1-Oct-1971
Incident date: 11-Dec-1971
Date of casualty: 11-Dec-1971
Age at death: 19
Cause of death: Non-hostile, died of other causes. Other Accident. Accidental homicide.
Isadore Jenkins died while at a night defensive position when the weapon of another individual accidentally discharged. / Another EM was clearing M-16, weapon accidentally discharged striking Jenkins in the head. EM was at night defensive position (NDP) at the time of the incident.
Location of fatality: Tay Ninh, South Vietnam, XT 434 408
Place of interment: Colonel Lawton Cemetery, Pineland, South Carolina, USA
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