Private First Class Jenkins was a member of Company I, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines, 1st Marine Division. On July 24, 1953, he was Killed in Action by a shell fragment, while defending his position on Hill 119, "Boulder City." Private First Class Jenkins was awarded the Purple Heart, the Combat Action Ribbon, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the Presidential Unit Citation, the National Defense Service Medal and the Korean War Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Presidential Unit Citation and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal.
Service Number 1312235
Thomas was 18 years, 3 months, and 19 days old.
He wanted to come home.
Notes from friends and family:
"Tommy was a neighbor of mine and also attended the same school I did. Speed In. is a small town and everyone knew Tommy. On July 4th 1998 a committee of Korean Veterans, with the help of donations, dedicated a memorial to the Veterans of the Korean War and the names of the two hometown boys killed, Thomas Jenkins and Robert Earl Landreth, are on the Memorial. The memorial is the park in Sellersburg, In."
Service Number 1312235
Thomas was 18 years, 3 months, and 19 days old.
He wanted to come home.
Notes from friends and family:
"Tommy was a neighbor of mine and also attended the same school I did. Speed In. is a small town and everyone knew Tommy. On July 4th 1998 a committee of Korean Veterans, with the help of donations, dedicated a memorial to the Veterans of the Korean War and the names of the two hometown boys killed, Thomas Jenkins and Robert Earl Landreth, are on the Memorial. The memorial is the park in Sellersburg, In."
Private First Class Jenkins was a member of Company I, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines, 1st Marine Division. On July 24, 1953, he was Killed in Action by a shell fragment, while defending his position on Hill 119, "Boulder City." Private First Class Jenkins was awarded the Purple Heart, the Combat Action Ribbon, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the Presidential Unit Citation, the National Defense Service Medal and the Korean War Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Presidential Unit Citation and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal.
Service Number 1312235
Thomas was 18 years, 3 months, and 19 days old.
He wanted to come home.
Notes from friends and family:
"Tommy was a neighbor of mine and also attended the same school I did. Speed In. is a small town and everyone knew Tommy. On July 4th 1998 a committee of Korean Veterans, with the help of donations, dedicated a memorial to the Veterans of the Korean War and the names of the two hometown boys killed, Thomas Jenkins and Robert Earl Landreth, are on the Memorial. The memorial is the park in Sellersburg, In."
Service Number 1312235
Thomas was 18 years, 3 months, and 19 days old.
He wanted to come home.
Notes from friends and family:
"Tommy was a neighbor of mine and also attended the same school I did. Speed In. is a small town and everyone knew Tommy. On July 4th 1998 a committee of Korean Veterans, with the help of donations, dedicated a memorial to the Veterans of the Korean War and the names of the two hometown boys killed, Thomas Jenkins and Robert Earl Landreth, are on the Memorial. The memorial is the park in Sellersburg, In."
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