Rank: Specialist 4
Unit: B Troop, 1st Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 11D – Armor Reconnaissance Specialist
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Badges: Combat Infantryman Badge
Unit awards: Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Enlisted by: Regular
Date of birth: 23-Sep-1946
Hometown: Cosby, Tennessee
Marital status: Never Married
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Start of tour: 20-Aug-1966
Incident date: 10-Nov-1966
Date of casualty: 10-Nov-1966
Age at death: 20
Cause of death: Hostile, died of wounds. Small Arms Fire. Gun or small arms fire.
Len McKinley Jenkins died on 10 November 1966 in Vietnam as the result of gunshot wounds to left side and both arms. He was a passenger in military vehicle when he was accidentally hit by round fired by another soldier who was attempting to clear his weapon.
Location of fatality: Bien Hoa, South Vietnam
Place of interment: Sutton Cemetery, Cosby, Tennessee, USA
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