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DANNY LEE JONES
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
July 15, 1946 – May 11, 1966
Service recordDanny Lee Jones, of Greenville, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 11, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 48
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)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3 BN 9 MAR
- Born
- July 15, 1946
- Home of record
- Greenville, Michigan (Montcalm County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 11, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date May 11, 1966; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3 BN 9 MAR”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 48
- ANDREW C EVANSPrivate First Class · May 11, 1966
- FRANCIS JAMES FENELEYMajor · May 11, 1966
- CLAUDDELL GANDYPrivate First Class · May 11, 1966
- JAMES ROBERT HAUSSSergeant · May 11, 1966
Same unit, same day
- GARRY HAROLD LINDERLance Corporal · Panel 7E, Line 49
From Greenville
- WADE LAWRENCE GROTHStaff Sergeant · February 12, 1968
- GERALD STUART WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · April 30, 1968
- GERALD EDWARD KORSONLance Corporal · June 14, 1968
- DENNIS LEE GILESSpecialist Four · September 24, 1968
- WILLIAM JOHN ALLENSergeant · February 22, 1969
- DANIEL LESLIE FRIESCorporal · October 19, 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.