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LESTER JONES
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
October 9, 1947 – July 20, 1966
Service recordLester Jones, of Jamaica, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 20, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 47
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 First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 9, 1947
- Home of record
- Jamaica, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 20, 1966
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date July 20, 1966; nine of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 47
- CASCO DEVAUGHN HOWELLPrivate · July 20, 1966
- ROLF WALLACE JORGENSENLance Corporal · July 20, 1966
- DOUGLAS MASON KYSERPrivate First Class · July 20, 1966
- BILLY DEAN NELSONPrivate First Class · July 20, 1966
From Jamaica
- THOMAS JAMESSergeant · November 17, 1965
- REUBEN BUTCHERSergeant · May 14, 1966
- JOHN GREEN JRCorporal · May 24, 1966
- KENNETH PARTLOWAirman Second Class · August 27, 1966
- BRUCE MARTIN SMITHPrivate First Class · August 29, 1966
- VINCENT TORRESPrivate First Class · January 4, 1967
- ISRAEL ALICEAStaff Sergeant · February 10, 1967
- MOSES GREENSpecialist Four · March 3, 1967
- BARRY FRANCIS PRICELance Corporal · March 26, 1967
- GERALD DUNNLance Corporal · July 8, 1967
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.