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CLARENCE EDWARD JONES JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 19, 1947 – August 12, 1966
Service recordClarence Edward Jones JR, of Indianapolis, Indiana, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 12, 1966, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 131 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 131
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- December 19, 1947
- Home of record
- Indianapolis, Indiana (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 12, 1966
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date August 12, 1966; nine of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 131
- BLAIR CHARLTON WRYEColonel · April 22, 1966
- KENNETH BRUCE HAWLEYCorporal · August 12, 1966
- WALTER MULLER JRSergeant · August 12, 1966
- JOHN IVORY JONES JRSergeant · August 13, 1966
From Indianapolis
- JAMES EDWARD CAUGHEYSpecialist Four · August 14, 1964
- CLARENCE LEROY COLEMANSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- IVAN RAY SMITHPrivate First Class · May 13, 1965
- KENNETH LEROY REEDStaff Sergeant · June 12, 1965
- JOHN POWERS DAVISSpecialist Five · July 21, 1965
- CURLEY SHERELS JRCorporal · August 18, 1965
- ALVIN CARVER FORNEYCorporal · September 1, 1965
- WILLIAM LARRIE HUNTPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- THOMAS CURTIS METSKERCaptain · November 14, 1965
- VILIS LISMENTSCorporal · November 22, 1965
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.