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BOBBY RAY JONES
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 3, 1948 – January 8, 1968
Service recordBobby Ray Jones, of Fairmont, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 8, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 87
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. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- September 3, 1948
- Home of record
- Fairmont, North Carolina (Robeson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 8, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
101 names on the Wall carry the date January 8, 1968; four of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 33E, Line 87
- JAROLD EDWARD HUMPHREYPrivate First Class · January 8, 1968
- DONNEY LYRCE JACKSONPetty Officer Third Class · January 8, 1968
- BOBBY W JOBESergeant · January 8, 1968
- HALCOTT PRIDE JONES JRPetty Officer Second Class · January 8, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN ROY HULBERTPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 86
From Fairmont
- CHARLES TERRELL PITTMANSpecialist Four · February 13, 1966
- WILLIE JEROME PEPPERS JRSergeant · May 10, 1966
- WILLIE B MCNEILLSpecialist Four · February 10, 1968
- WILLIE F OXENDINE IIIPrivate First Class · May 30, 1968
- DAN MICHAEL BRITTSpecialist Four · March 18, 1969
- WYMAN GENE BRITTSpecialist Four · August 4, 1969
- VICTOR LAWRENCE JONESPrivate First Class · October 11, 1969
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.