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JAMES CLARENCE JEWELL JR
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 9, 1948 – May 29, 1968
Service recordJames Clarence Jewell JR, of Columbus, Ohio, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 29, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 63W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 63W · Line 7
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
- March 9, 1948
- Home of record
- Columbus, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 29, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
59 names on the Wall carry the date May 29, 1968; ten of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 63W, Line 7
- ROBERT RANDEL HUFFCorporal · May 29, 1968
- GARY ARZA HUSTEDLance Corporal · May 29, 1968
- KENNETH MARVIN ILERPrivate First Class · May 29, 1968
- REGINALD ROCKEFEL JENKINSPrivate First Class · May 29, 1968
From Columbus
- LAWRENCE CLAIR HAMMONDChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- JOHN FREDRICK STONEBURNERMajor · December 9, 1964
- TOMMY JOE BELCHERSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- ANDREW JACOB HINDERMANPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- WILLIAM BISHOP WOLFLance Corporal · October 14, 1965
- DENNIS SMITHCorporal · October 30, 1965
- CHARLES THOMAS MOORE JRSpecialist Five · November 17, 1965
- KENNETH POLINGSpecialist Four · November 21, 1965
- MORRIS LEE BARGYCorporal · November 29, 1965
- MORRIS E JENKINSSpecialist Five · December 2, 1965
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.