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JAMES HERBERT JEFFRIES
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 23, 1947 – March 20, 1969
Service recordJames Herbert Jeffries, of Hot Springs, Arkansas, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 20, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 89
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
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- January 23, 1947
- Home of record
- Hot Springs, Arkansas (Garland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 20, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date March 20, 1969; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 89
- GEORGE MEDFORD GORRERA JRPrivate First Class · March 20, 1969
- HAROLD BENJAMIN JOHNSONPrivate First Class · March 20, 1969
- MAX ARDEN JOHNSONCorporal · March 20, 1969
- VICTOR DAVISON KAHLA JRSergeant · March 20, 1969
From Hot Springs
- LAWRENCE SCOTT MAILHESLieutenant (junior grade) · August 10, 1965
- FRANK RAY NOESergeant First Class · November 1, 1967
- THOMAS FRANKLIN YOUNGSergeant · February 3, 1968
- SOLOMON HUGHEY GODWINChief Warrant Officer 3 · February 5, 1968
- JAMES WILLIAM HOLTMaster Sergeant · February 7, 1968
- ANTHONY WILLIAM HANDLEYCorporal · February 8, 1968
- CLEVELAND EVANS JRStaff Sergeant · March 13, 1968
- BERNIE JACK MOSLEYHospitalman · March 27, 1968
- JOE JUNIOR HIBBLERPrivate First Class · October 3, 1968
- JAMES ARNOLD SINGLETONSergeant · November 2, 1968
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.