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JIMMIE LEE JONES
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 22, 1945 – May 30, 1967
Service recordJimmie Lee Jones, of Zellwood, Florida, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 30, 1967, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · 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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- August 22, 1945
- Home of record
- Zellwood, Florida (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 30, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date May 30, 1967; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 117 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 18
- HARRY GIBSON CARTERStaff Sergeant · May 30, 1967
- ALFRED ELLISSpecialist Four · May 30, 1967
- NOEL JESUS FELICIANOLance Corporal · May 30, 1967
- DANIEL IVAN NELSONPrivate First Class · May 30, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ALFRED ELLISSpecialist Four · Panel 21E, Line 18
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.