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EDWARD CHARLES JONES
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
October 1, 1933 – September 20, 1968
Service recordEdward Charles Jones, of East Chicago, Indiana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 20, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 47
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 1, 1933
- Home of record
- East Chicago, Indiana (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 20, 1968
- Age
- 34
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date September 20, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 47
- LARRY ALLEN JOHNSONSergeant · September 20, 1968
- RONALD WILLIAM LEWISPrivate First Class · September 20, 1968
- MARK WARREN LONGTINPrivate First Class · September 20, 1968
- DANIEL BRUCE PERSONSPrivate · September 20, 1968
From East Chicago
- JAMES EDWARD WENZELCaptain · August 30, 1963
- LOUIS GEORGE ONOHANAirman Second Class · April 24, 1964
- WILLIAM ARTHUR HOOS JRCaptain · February 14, 1966
- PATRICK CHRISTOPHER NEVINSergeant · February 23, 1966
- EDWARD FRANK HAPFirst Lieutenant · July 20, 1966
- DAVID WILLIAM POLICHPrivate First Class · September 25, 1966
- CORNELIUS GILPrivate First Class · December 28, 1966
- HAROLD GOMEZCorporal · February 21, 1967
- STEVE KLARIKSpecialist Five · April 10, 1968
- ANTHONY RAYMOND PRIETOPrivate First Class · May 12, 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.