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BRENT R JONES
Corporal · U.S. Army
June 25, 1947 – May 21, 1968
Service recordBrent R Jones, of Firth, Idaho, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 21, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 64E, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 64E · Line 15
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B BTRY 1 BN 40 ARTY
- Born
- June 25, 1947
- Home of record
- Firth, Idaho (Bingham County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 21, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date May 21, 1968; eight of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 64E, Line 15
- ROBERT LOUIS HARRISONSpecialist Four · May 21, 1968
- JAMES JOSEPH HEWLETTPrivate First Class · May 21, 1968
- DALE ARTHUR HILLPrivate First Class · May 21, 1968
- THEODORE ROBERT HOLLISCorporal · May 21, 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.