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ARLAND JASPER JONES
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 27, 1950 – July 5, 1969
Service recordArland Jasper Jones, of Durant, Oklahoma, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 5, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 66
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Multichannel Equipment Operator (2532)
- Born
- May 27, 1950
- Home of record
- Durant, Oklahoma (Bryan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 5, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date July 5, 1969; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 66
- PATRICK EDWARD MCGOVERNCorporal · July 5, 1969
- CECIL VERNON MILLERSpecialist Four · July 5, 1969
- LEON VICTOR PARKERLance Corporal · July 5, 1969
- GERALD RALPH PUGHCorporal · July 5, 1969
From Durant
- DAVID PAUL MANNERSPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
- ALBERT EUGENE COLLINSSergeant · March 5, 1968
- TOMMY EMERSON GISTMajor · May 18, 1968
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.