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LEE FRANCIS JONES
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 27, 1947 – May 14, 1968
Service recordLee Francis Jones, of Fenton, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 14, 1968, in Binh Thuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 60E, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 60E · Line 12
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 82 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 27, 1947
- Home of record
- Fenton, Michigan (Genesee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 14, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Thuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date May 14, 1968; three of them were lost in Binh Thuy Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 82nd Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 60E, Line 12
- JOHNNY JOE HONPlatoon Sergeant · May 14, 1968
- DANIEL GENE JOHNSONSergeant · May 14, 1968
- FRANCIS EUGENE JORDANPrivate First Class · May 14, 1968
- JEFFERY COLIN SETTLEMYREPrivate First Class · May 14, 1968
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD ANDERSONCorporal · Panel 60E, Line 7
- THOMAS A BARRETTSpecialist Four · Panel 60E, Line 8
- EDWIN PHILLIP DAVISPrivate First Class · Panel 60E, Line 10
From Fenton
- TERRY WAYNE BUCKLERPrivate First Class · June 18, 1966
- EDWARD JOHN CONWAYPrivate First Class · March 24, 1967
- MAX EDWARD NIMPHIE JRCorporal · May 5, 1968
- ARNOLD LEE ROY MULHOLLANDPrivate First Class · November 21, 1968
- RICHARD ALLEN MILKSSergeant · November 23, 1968
- DONALD MAURICE STOTTSSpecialist Four · March 28, 1971
- RAYMOND LEE GOODCHILDSpecialist Four · October 31, 1972
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.