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BENNIE RAY JONES
Private · U.S. Marine Corps
September 20, 1948 – May 17, 1968
Service recordBennie Ray Jones, of Jackson, Tennessee, served as a Private in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 17, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 62E, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 62E · Line 6
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 (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 20, 1948
- Home of record
- Jackson, Tennessee (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 17, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Other Weapons
Context · from the records
What was happening
85 names on the Wall carry the date May 17, 1968; 32 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 62E, Line 6
- BERNARD MALCOLM HIMESLance Corporal · May 17, 1968
- THOMAS STEVEN HUGHESFirst Lieutenant · May 17, 1968
- REID ALLEN ISLERPetty Officer Third Class · May 17, 1968
- STERLING HENRY JOHNSONStaff Sergeant · May 17, 1968
From Jackson
- CARL J SADLERPrivate First Class · October 28, 1965
- BOBBY C VINSONPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- ISAAC E HUNT JRSpecialist Four · August 2, 1966
- JOHN WESLEY FERRELLPrivate First Class · January 18, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD CLARKPrivate First Class · January 19, 1967
- THOMAS EDWARD MIDCALFPrivate First Class · May 15, 1967
- GEORGE P NICHOLSONStaff Sergeant · January 27, 1968
- WILLIE GENE COOPERPrivate First Class · June 28, 1968
- RONALD DAVID HUTCHERSONSergeant · September 6, 1968
- GEORGE ALLEN YARBROUGHCorporal · September 17, 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.