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DAVID LEE JONES
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 17, 1947 – November 8, 1967
Service recordDavid Lee Jones, of Lincoln, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 8, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 50
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 17, 1947
- Home of record
- Lincoln, Illinois (Logan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 8, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date November 8, 1967; 19 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 50
- VAUGHN MAURICE HINESPrivate First Class · November 8, 1967
- HENRY ROBERT HOCKNELL JRLance Corporal · November 8, 1967
- JOHN MULLEN JOYCEPrivate First Class · November 8, 1967
- WILLIAM LEE JUETTPrivate First Class · November 8, 1967
From Lincoln
- JON DOUGLAS BAKERFirst Lieutenant · May 8, 1967
- CARSON GREGORY CULLETONSergeant · July 25, 1968
- GEORGE JAMES ORRSpecialist Five · April 17, 1971
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.