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JIMMY WILSON LESAINE
Private · U.S. Marine Corps
February 18, 1948 – January 21, 1969
Service recordJimmy Wilson Lesaine, of Kingstree, South Carolina, served as a Private in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 21, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 50
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
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 18, 1948
- Home of record
- Kingstree, South Carolina (Williamsburg County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 21, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date January 21, 1969; 15 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 50
- FRANK MICHAEL GREERSpecialist Four · January 21, 1969
- DALE LEONARD KAGEBEINLance Corporal · January 21, 1969
- JAMES RICHARD KNOXSpecialist Four · January 21, 1969
- JOHNIE LOMASTechnical Sergeant · January 21, 1969
From Kingstree
- SAMUEL DONALD MCCLARYPrivate First Class · February 4, 1967
- JOE JUNIOR MILESSpecialist Four · February 12, 1969
- CALVIN EMANUEL COOPERPrivate First Class · May 28, 1969
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.