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DAVID ALLEN JONES
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 2, 1947 – May 1, 1968
Service recordDavid Allen Jones, of Ft Thomas, Kentucky, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 1, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 53E, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53E · Line 35
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- August 2, 1947
- Home of record
- Ft Thomas, Kentucky (Campbell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 1, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
85 names on the Wall carry the date May 1, 1968; 40 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 53E, Line 35
- RICHARD WALTER KANONCZYKCorporal · May 1, 1968
- LARRY DEAN KELLEYPrivate First Class · May 1, 1968
- DENNIS D LAWVERSergeant · May 1, 1968
- LAWRENCE JAMES MERSCHELPrivate First Class · May 1, 1968
From Ft Thomas
- ALBERT FRANCIS SAYER JRCaptain · September 8, 1967
- JOSEPH SHAW ROSSCaptain · August 1, 1968
- PATRICK OREILLY ORRStaff Sergeant · April 29, 1971
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.