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Charles Robert Jenkins

1940 - 2017

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Charles Robert Jenkins ((1940-02-18)18 February 1940 – (2017-12-11)11 December 2017) was a United States Army deserter, North Korean prisoner, and voice for Japanese abductees in North Korea. Driven by fear of combat and possible service in the Vietnam War, then-Sergeant Jenkins abandoned his patrol and walked across the Korean Demilitarized Zone in January 1965. Instead of being sent to the Soviet Union and then traded back to the US, Jenkins was held captive in North Korea for over 39 years. While kept prisoner, Jenkins was tortured, forced to wed a captured Japanese national, and cast in North Korean propaganda videos. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Charles Robert Jenkins is the 1,300th most popular military personnel (down from 962nd in 2019), the 4,437th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,772nd in 2019) and the 75th most popular American Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Charles Robert Jenkins ranks 1,300 out of 2,058. Before him are Miguel Ricardo de Álava, Helmut Kunz, Werner Goldberg, Abdul Haris Nasution, Charles Louis Auguste Fouquet, duc de Belle-Isle, and John Fastolf. After him are Bardanes Tourkos, Ioannis Frangoudis, Athanasios Diakos, Dimitrios Loundras, Leo Phokas the Elder, and Alexander Vandegrift.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Charles Robert Jenkins ranks 228. Before him are Silvio Marzolini, Gösta Pettersson, Tommy Lawrence, Endre Szemerédi, Jaime Roldós Aguilera, and Robert Walker. After him are John Havlicek, Roger Ailes, Michel Micombero, Jon Elster, Mohammad-Reza Shajarian, and Stan Mikita. Among people deceased in 2017, Charles Robert Jenkins ranks 216. Before him are Sonny Landham, William Baumol, Bengt Gustavsson, Gretel Bergmann, Gustavo Rojo, and Katalin Szőke. After him are Roger Ailes, David Cassidy, Jana Novotná, Federico Luppi, Velasio de Paolis, and Ivo Brešan.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Charles Robert Jenkins ranks 4,437 out of 20,380. Before him are Arnold Gesell (1880), David Alan Grier (1956), Anthony Davis (1993), Stephenie Meyer (1973), Robert Walker (1940), and Joe E. Brown (1891). After him are Bob Cousy (1928), Diplo (1978), Eddie Lawson (1958), Fred Quimby (1886), John Havlicek (1940), and Jim Carroll (1949).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United States

Among military personnels born in United States, Charles Robert Jenkins ranks 75. Before him are Monte Melkonian (1957), John Basilone (1916), Lucius D. Clay (1898), George Dewey (1837), David Petraeus (1952), and John C. Woods (1911). After him are Alexander Vandegrift (1887), William Calley (1943), Albert Sidney Johnston (1803), Theodore Van Kirk (1921), Holland Smith (1882), and Naomi Parker Fraley (1921).

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