James Oakley Jaynes was the son of James Emmit Jaynes and Dorothy Laura Dyer. He was killed near Quang Tri when a shell exploded inside his tank. He was a graduate of Chuckey-Doak High School.
Military Data
Unit 2nd Platoon, C Company, 3rd Tank Battalion, 3rd Marine Division, III MAF
Casualty Data
Start Tour 17 December 1967
Incident Date 25 April 1968
Casualty Date 25 April 1968
Age at Loss 19
Location , South Vietnam
Remains Body recovered
Casualty Type Hostile, died outright
Casualty Reason Ground casualty
Casualty Detail Burns
Vietnam Wall Panel 52E Line 006
Photo courtesy of Mr. Thomas Clark
Lost and Found: Remembering Our Fallen Troops
- Rank: Lance Corporal
- Date of birth: 5 October 1948
- Date of death: 25 April 1968
- County: Greene
- Hometown: Chuckey
- Service Branch: Marine Corps
- Division/Assignment: 3rd Marine Division
- Conflict: Vietnam
- Awards: Purple Heart
- Burial/Memorial Location: Hermon United Methodist Church Cemetery, Horse Creek, Greene County, TN
- Location In Memorial: Pillar XXII, Middle Panel
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