Remembering Putnam County's only Medal of Honor recipient U.S. Marine Corps Private First Class Robert H. Jenkins Jr.
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Robert H. Jenkins Jr. Jenkins enlisted on Feb. 2, 1968, as the war in Vietnam was raging. Within five months, he was deployed to the Southeast Asian country. (Putnam County Sheriff's Office)
Robert H. Jenkins Jr. In honor of the life and sacrifice of Putnam County's only Medal of Honor recipient, members of the PCSO Honor Guard replaced the American flag that flies over the Interlachen memorial to United States Marine Corps Private First Class Robert H. Jenkins Jr. (Putnam County Sheriff's Office)
Robert H. Jenkins Jr. In honor of the life and sacrifice of Putnam County's only Medal of Honor recipient, members of the PCSO Honor Guard replaced the American flag that flies over the Interlachen memorial to United States Marine Corps Private First Class Robert H. Jenkins Jr. (Putnam County Sheriff's Office)
Robert H. Jenkins Jr. In honor of the life and sacrifice of Putnam County's only Medal of Honor recipient, members of the PCSO Honor Guard replaced the American flag that flies over the Interlachen memorial to United States Marine Corps Private First Class Robert H. Jenkins Jr. (Putnam County Sheriff's Office)
Putnam Medal of Honor | Marine Corps Pfc. Robert Jenkins Jr. 10 An honor guard holds the American and Marine Corps flags at the gravesite of Marine Corps Pfc. Robert Jenkins Jr., Medal of Honor recipient, who died during the Vietnam War. The ceremony on Nov. 11, 1996, rededicated his grave at the Sister Spring Baptist Cemetery in Interlachen, Fla., and included a new headstone and footstone. (Fred Ostrom/vietvet.org)
Putnam County’s only Medal of Honor recipient honored for life-saving action in Vietnam Photograph courtesy of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund Facebook
Putnam County’s only Medal of Honor recipient honored for life-saving action in Vietnam Photo curtesy of the family of Fred Ostrom, 3rdrecon.org/Ostrom
