MILITARY PERSONNEL

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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Charles Robert Jenkins has received more than 1,254,157 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Charles Robert Jenkins is the 962nd most popular military personnel (up from 1,117th in 2019), the 2,772nd most popular biography from United States (up from 3,611th in 2019) and the 47th most popular American Military Personnel.

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  • 61.60

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  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.42

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  • 2.36

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Charles Robert Jenkins ranks 962 out of 2,058. Before him are Hans von Obstfelder, Jack Churchill, Emiliano Mercado del Toro, Chris Kyle, Nikolai Berzarin, and Marcellin Marbot. After him are Jean-Étienne Championnet, Reiner Stahel, Hellmuth Stieff, Alexander Rodimtsev, Cristóvão da Gama, and Georg von der Marwitz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Charles Robert Jenkins ranks 159. Before him are Jan Stráský, John Warnock, Antonio Skármeta, Jeffrey Archer, John Havlicek, and Dietmar Hopp. After him are Wayne Dyer, Sam Waterston, Luis Cubilla, Leonard Susskind, Prince Sixtus Henry of Bourbon-Parma, and Gloria Leonard. Among people deceased in 2017, Charles Robert Jenkins ranks 140. Before him are Anne Golon, Robert Miles, John Hillerman, Daliah Lavi, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, and Veljo Tormis. After him are Stephen Paddock, Baldwin Lonsdale, Jean d'Ormesson, Aleksey Batalov, Todor Veselinović, and Don Rickles.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Charles Robert Jenkins ranks 2,772 out of 20,380. Before him are Erich Segal (1937), Samuel Pierpont Langley (1834), Brian Weiss (1944), Audre Lorde (1934), Howard Schultz (1953), and Miley Cyrus (1992). After him are Robert Serber (1909), Robert Garrett (1875), Paul Reubens (1952), Charles W. Fairbanks (1852), Don Simpson (1943), and Melanie (1947).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United States

Among military personnels born in United States, Charles Robert Jenkins ranks 47. Before him are John C. Woods (1911), Monte Melkonian (1957), John Basilone (1916), Philip Sheridan (1831), Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr. (1886), and Chris Kyle (1974). After him are Carl Brashear (1931), George Dewey (1837), Walton Walker (1889), Ernest King (1878), Wesley Clark (1944), and David Petraeus (1952).

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