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CURRAN M JONES
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
December 28, 1947 – April 21, 1969
Service recordCurran M Jones, of Kirkwood, Missouri, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on April 21, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 20
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Born
- December 28, 1947
- Home of record
- Kirkwood, Missouri (St Louis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 21, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date April 21, 1969; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 20
- KENNETH CLIFFORD JENKINSSeaman · April 21, 1969
- STEFAN MALKUTPrivate · April 21, 1969
- JERRY MORGAN JRCorporal · April 21, 1969
- RALPH RICHARD OCHOAPrivate First Class · April 21, 1969
From Kirkwood
- STEVEN COLE DRAKESecond Lieutenant · January 6, 1968
- MARTIN BIONDOSpecialist Four · March 19, 1968
- JEROME RAWLINGSSpecialist Four · April 30, 1968
- UDELL CHAMBERSPrivate First Class · June 21, 1968
- ROBERT LOUIS RODGERSSpecialist Five · April 16, 1969
- ROBERT PAGE ROSENBACHMajor · March 5, 1970
- JOHN WINFRED GOEGLEINMajor · June 30, 1970
- DONALD RENAY WORKMANCaptain · July 21, 1970
- CRAIG ALAN SCHMITZCorporal · August 31, 1970
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.