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JOHN LESTER SONES
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 26, 1949 – June 26, 1971
Service recordJohn Lester Sones, of San Diego, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 26, 1971, in Vinh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 90 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 90
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- September 26, 1949
- Home of record
- San Diego, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 26, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Vinh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date June 26, 1971; he was the only one lost in Vinh Long Province that day. In June 1971, 181 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 90
- JAMES MICHAEL YOUNGSpecialist Four · June 26, 1971
- HERBERT J ARTISStaff Sergeant · June 27, 1971
- RICHARD WARREN JONESCaptain · June 27, 1971
- DONALD FRANCIS MCKIETHANSpecialist Five · June 27, 1971
From San Diego
- STANLEY E TRUESDALEStaff Sergeant · April 12, 1963
- CLARENCE CLEMENT TESSMANCaptain · August 10, 1963
- WILLIAM CLIFTON HOOVERPetty Officer Second Class · June 10, 1965
- VIRGIL WAYNE BARTONLance Corporal · August 21, 1965
- CHARLES JOSEPH SCHARFColonel · October 1, 1965
- KENNETH JOE HAMMONDSpecialist Four · November 22, 1965
- RICHARD EUGENE GEORGEPrivate First Class · November 23, 1965
- GERALD CLYDE LYMANPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH SOLLEYLance Corporal · February 8, 1966
- DONALD D DAUGHERTYStaff Sergeant · April 13, 1966
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.