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CECIL LEE JONES
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
February 8, 1947 – April 1, 1968
Service recordCecil Lee Jones, of Grants Pass, Oregon, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 1, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 47E, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47E · Line 32
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 8, 1947
- Home of record
- Grants Pass, Oregon (Josephine County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 1, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date April 1, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 47E, Line 32
- RICHARD LAWRENCE GIAMBRONEFirst Lieutenant · April 1, 1968
- FRANK EDWARD HAND IIILieutenant (junior grade) · April 1, 1968
- GARY BLUITT HARRISSergeant · April 1, 1968
- FRANK EBERLY HEADLEY IVSergeant · April 1, 1968
From Grants Pass
- GROVER KONARD OLSONPrivate First Class · January 17, 1964
- ROBERT LEE VESTSergeant · November 5, 1966
- JOHN FREDERICK FLEMINGSpecialist Four · April 29, 1967
- STEPHEN LOUIS HOCKPetty Officer Second Class · July 29, 1967
- ROBERT BRUCE THOMPSONCorporal · April 20, 1968
- GREGORY JOE STAPLESPrivate First Class · May 2, 1968
- RODNEY WALTER PETERSPetty Officer First Class · November 1, 1968
- FERROL SHANE SMITHPrivate First Class · March 27, 1969
- WILLIAM NORMAN JENSEN JRSergeant · May 22, 1970
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.