U.S. Marine Corps and U.S. Army

Troy Jenkins

Died 2003

Troy Jenkins was a native of Ridgecrest, California. He joined the Marine Corps at age 17 and, after completing that enlistment, later joined the Army. He trained as a paratrooper, studied Arabic, and served in Afghanistan, where he was grazed by a bullet in 2002. In the Army, he served with B Company, 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment at Fort Campbell, Kentucky. During a patrol in Iraq in 2003, Jenkins was mortally wounded after placing himself between others and a dangerous unexploded cluster munition being handled by a child. He died five days later in Germany.

Unit

B Company, 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment

Family

Wife Amanda and children Tristan and Brandon

Portrait Sponsor

Honor Flight Kern County