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JAY KARL BOOKS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 27, 1946 – November 16, 1966
Service recordJay Karl Books, of Cleona, Pennsylvania, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 16, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 78
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
- Warehouse Clerk (3051)
- Born
- December 27, 1946
- Home of record
- Cleona, Pennsylvania (Lebanon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 16, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date November 16, 1966; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 78
- FRANK DEBERNARDO JRChief Petty Officer · November 16, 1966
- ROBERT RAZO GOMEZSergeant · November 16, 1966
- LAMOINE EUGENE GROWPrivate First Class · November 16, 1966
- BERNARD JACK ODONNELLPrivate · November 16, 1966
From Cleona
- THOMAS ALAN REICHFirst Lieutenant · November 17, 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.