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BOBBY MARVIN JONES
Major · U.S. Air Force
May 5, 1945 – November 28, 1972
Service recordBobby Marvin Jones, of Macon, Georgia, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He was lost on November 28, 1972, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 93
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 432 USAF HOSP UDORN AB
- Born
- May 5, 1945
- Home of record
- Macon, Georgia (Bibb County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- November 28, 1972
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date November 28, 1972; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In November 1972, 21 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 1W, Line 93
- JACK ROCKWOOD HARVEYCaptain · November 28, 1972
- RICHARD E BRUNDRETTE JRPetty Officer First Class · December 1, 1972
- ANTHONY CAMERON SHINELieutenant Colonel · December 2, 1972
- MICHAEL SIDNEY MCNEILLAirman First Class · December 5, 1972
From Macon
- EDDIE BROWN JRPrivate First Class · November 16, 1965
- RALPH LEON HINSONStaff Sergeant · December 17, 1965
- HAZE HOWARD IIISpecialist Four · July 3, 1966
- JIMMY ALVIN JOHNSONSergeant · September 23, 1966
- WAYNE THAD STRICKLANDCorporal · September 24, 1966
- WILLIAM SHERWOOD COCHRANPrivate First Class · November 6, 1966
- RALLS HAWKINSPrivate First Class · November 21, 1966
- SANDY LEE ROSSPrivate First Class · January 11, 1967
- WILLIS LEE FURNEYSergeant · March 9, 1967
- FRANKLIN DWIGHT RUISPrivate First Class · March 19, 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.