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JACK PAHL JONES
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 29, 1948 – July 5, 1968
Service recordJack Pahl Jones, of Mundelein, Illinois, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 5, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 53W, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53W · Line 21
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 29, 1948
- Home of record
- Mundelein, Illinois (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 5, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date July 5, 1968; 29 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 53W, Line 21
- CARROLL STEPHEN DIEUDONNEPrivate First Class · July 5, 1968
- LAWRENCE EUGENE JOHNSONLance Corporal · July 5, 1968
- JOSEPH RICHARD JONESPrivate First Class · July 5, 1968
- BRUCE EDWARD LAWRENCEMajor · July 5, 1968
From Mundelein
- ERNEST WILLIAM STREHLECorporal · June 25, 1966
- RONNIE RAY LANDERSLance Corporal · May 9, 1967
- ROGER WILLIAM LETTOPrivate First Class · March 14, 1968
- RONALD CHARLES JENSENPrivate First Class · February 3, 1969
- EDWARD BARTHOLOMEW LAMASergeant · March 31, 1969
- JAMES AUSTIN BATEMANSergeant · May 16, 1969
- GEORGE ANTON HAINSpecialist Four · October 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.