The Korean War Veterans Honor Roll
Donald Russell Jenkins
Rank
First Lieutenant, U.S. Air Force
Unit
35 FTR BOMB SQ 8 FTR BOMB GP
Date of Death
March 17, 1951
First Lieutenant Jenkins was the pilot of a F-80C Shooting Star fighter interceptor with the 36th Fighter-Bomber Squadron, 8th Fighter-Bomber Group. On March 17, 1951, while on a combat mission in bad weather, contact was lost between Itazuke Air Base, Japan and K-9 Airfield, Korea. On March 3, 1952, it was determined that he was Killed in Action. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.