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LENNIS GODDARD JONES JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 14, 1947 – November 6, 1969
Service recordLennis Goddard Jones JR, of Knoxville, Tennessee, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 6, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 39
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- April 14, 1947
- Home of record
- Knoxville, Tennessee (Knox County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 6, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date November 6, 1969; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 39
- RAYMOND CARL FOERSTERSpecialist Four · November 6, 1969
- THOMAS EUGENE HOLMESCorporal · November 6, 1969
- BRADLEY JOHN LOGANPrivate First Class · November 6, 1969
- CHARLES WILLIAM LOWERYSpecialist Four · November 6, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM ALLISON ANDERSONSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 36
- DONALD ALAN CLARBOURSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 37
From Knoxville
- GARY D SMITHPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- WAYNE THOMAS LONGPrivate · December 27, 1965
- RAYMOND LEE HILLSergeant · January 30, 1966
- TOMMY EDWARD HILLPetty Officer Second Class · February 14, 1966
- HUGH ALLEN LOVEPrivate First Class · February 17, 1966
- JAMES ROBERT MCLEMOREPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- DONALD RICHARD LUMLEYSecond Lieutenant · March 4, 1966
- JESSE J COFFEYSergeant · April 1, 1966
- CHARLES WILLIAM WOOLIVERLance Corporal · May 4, 1966
- JOHN HENRY MORGANPrivate First Class · May 26, 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.