The Korean War Veterans Honor Roll
Robert Jenkings
Rank
Corporal, U.S. Army
Date of Death
January 7, 1953
Corporal Jenkins was a member of Company C, 1st Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division. He was returning from his tour in Korea in a C-46 Commando transport enroute from Seattle, Washington to Columbia, South Carolina, when it crashed near Bear Lake, 28 miles northeast of Logan, Utah on January 7, 1953 killing all on board.