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ABBOTT ROBERT JONES
Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Army
May 31, 1920 – February 18, 1970
Service recordAbbott Robert Jones, of Pasadena, California, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Army. He died on February 18, 1970, in South Vietnam, at age 49. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 29
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel (LTC)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Transportation Officer (0692)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- May 31, 1920
- Home of record
- Pasadena, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 18, 1970
- Age
- 49
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date February 18, 1970. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 29
- ARTIE EUGENE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · February 18, 1970
- MAXIE DEAN LINAMSpecialist Four · February 18, 1970
- CHARLES FRANK MORLEYMajor · February 18, 1970
- MICHAEL EUGENE MULLENSergeant · February 18, 1970
From Pasadena
- WILLIAM JOSEPH PHILLIPSPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- JAMES LOUIS CARTERColonel · February 3, 1966
- VERNON EDWARD BRACKINSLance Corporal · August 29, 1966
- MARK NIGGOL ENARIFirst Lieutenant · December 2, 1966
- FRED DOUGLAS HARDYLance Corporal · December 8, 1966
- THOMAS JOSEPH SANCHEZMaster Sergeant · March 6, 1967
- DANIEL LYNN KIRSTEINPetty Officer Third Class · May 8, 1967
- THOMAS REGINALD RASCHELSpecialist Five · June 17, 1967
- JERRY EUGENE GUERRASpecialist Five · August 28, 1967
- ROGER CLARKE ROSEWarrant Officer 1 · September 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.