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JAMES LESTER JONES
Private · U.S. Army
September 14, 1947 – November 20, 1968
Service recordJames Lester Jones, of Lancaster, California, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on November 20, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 18
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. Army
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Military Police (95B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 14, 1947
- Home of record
- Lancaster, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 20, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date November 20, 1968; ten of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 98 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 18
- ARTHUR J HERINGHAUSEN JRSpecialist Four · November 20, 1968
- JEFFREY LYNN HICKSSergeant · November 20, 1968
- DANNY CHARLES HUDSONSergeant · November 20, 1968
- WASHINGTON HUNTERSergeant First Class · November 20, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT LEON BROWNLEESpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 14
- WILBERT EVANE COLEMANSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 15
- DONALD PATRICK EVANSPrivate First Class · Panel 38W, Line 17
- RONALD RUSSELL FITCHSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 17
- CHARLES WILLIAM HANSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 17
- WASHINGTON HUNTERSergeant First Class · Panel 38W, Line 18
- THOMAS PAUL SCHWABSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 21
- JAMES EDWARD STONECorporal · Panel 38W, Line 21
From Lancaster
- KENNETH WARD PUGHSenior Chief Petty Officer · April 12, 1966
- MARK ANDREW FERGUSONLance Corporal · September 17, 1966
- ROGER LEE EPLEYSpecialist Four · November 11, 1966
- ROBERT THEODORE EDWARDSPrivate First Class · January 13, 1967
- KENNETH DEAN FRAKESSpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
- TIMOTHY ALAN JOHNSONSpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
- MICHAEL DALE COCHRANCaptain · November 7, 1967
- WILLIAM JOHN JACOBSCorporal · February 28, 1968
- WILLIAM JOHN PRITCHARDLieutenant Commander · May 6, 1968
- MICHAEL BURRISS CLARKSpecialist Four · November 23, 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.