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DANIEL JOHN JONES JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
June 18, 1948 – July 11, 1969
Service recordDaniel John Jones JR, of Broomall, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 11, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 101 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 101
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- June 18, 1948
- Home of record
- Broomall, Pennsylvania (Delaware County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 11, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date July 11, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 101
- JOE RICHARD GLASSBURNSpecialist Four · July 11, 1969
- ARNOLD COURTNEY HAYWARDLieutenant Colonel · July 11, 1969
- HERMAN HAZELTONSergeant · July 11, 1969
- WILLIAM CARROLL HELMSpecialist Four · July 11, 1969
From Broomall
- THOMAS NICKOLAS MANSORPrivate First Class · July 16, 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.