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==Boxing comeback== He attempted a comeback after World War II, but was unable to regain his status as a top lightweight and welterweight. He retired from boxing in 1950. In 2003, Jenkins made the Ring Magazine's list of the 100 greatest punchers of all time.<ref name=BRB/> [[File:ANCExplorer Lew Jenkins grave.jpg|alt=Lew Jenkins's headstone at Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia. Upright marble headstone, cross at top. Reads "LEW JENKINS, 1st SGT, US ARMY, WORLD WARR II, KOREA, DEC 4 1916, OCT 30 1981"|thumb|Lew Jenkins's headstone at Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia.]] Jenkins died October 30, 1981, at the Oakland Naval Regional Medical Center after a long illness. He is buried in [[Arlington National Cemetery]].<ref name="nytimes.com"/>
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