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JOHN LEE JONES
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 22, 1943 – February 2, 1968
Service recordJohn Lee Jones, of Madisonville, Kentucky, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on February 2, 1968, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 36E, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36E · Line 75
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C BTRY 7 BN 9 ARTY
- Born
- September 22, 1943
- Home of record
- Madisonville, Kentucky (Hopkins County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 2, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
130 names on the Wall carry the date February 2, 1968; four of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Long Khanh Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 36E, Line 75
- DOUGLAS EDWARD HOBACKCorporal · February 2, 1968
- SAMUEL GREEN HURRYSpecialist Four · February 2, 1968
- WILLARD VERNON JOHNSONSpecialist Four · February 2, 1968
- RALPH AINSWORTH KEATINGPrivate First Class · February 2, 1968
From Madisonville
- WILLIAM MICHAEL COOMESSergeant · February 3, 1966
- JOHN CURTIS BURDENHospitalman · August 17, 1967
- HENRY LEE PALMERSpecialist Four · February 8, 1969
- WILLIAM EDWARD HAWKINSSergeant · May 26, 1970
- WILLIAM DEXTER HARRISSpecialist Four · September 14, 1973
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.