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DAVIS ALLEN JONES
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 9, 1947 – November 2, 1967
Service recordDavis Allen Jones, of Wellington, Ohio, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 2, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 11
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
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- May 9, 1947
- Home of record
- Wellington, Ohio (Lorain County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 2, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date November 2, 1967; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 11
- FREDRIC WOODROW KNAPPLieutenant (junior grade) · November 2, 1967
- GERALD KROPIDLOWSKILance Corporal · November 2, 1967
- JOHN ALBERT MAYStaff Sergeant · November 2, 1967
- HEBER JOSEPH MILLERSergeant · November 2, 1967
From Wellington
- KENNETH CHARLES MARLEYPrivate First Class · May 13, 1967
- GARY WILLIAM PERKINSCaptain · March 12, 1968
- TIMOTHY JAMES COTTRELLSergeant · August 27, 1968
- SIDNEY ALLEN COTTRELLSpecialist Four · October 4, 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.