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HOWARD WILLIAM JONES
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
December 22, 1947 – September 2, 1968
Service recordHoward William Jones, of Chillicothe, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 2, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · Line 26
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
- December 22, 1947
- Home of record
- Chillicothe, Ohio (Ross County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 2, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date September 2, 1968; 16 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 45W, Line 26
- HECTOR MANUEL GONZALEZLance Corporal · September 2, 1968
- STEVEN LEE HILMESPrivate First Class · September 2, 1968
- GREGORY JAMES KELLOGGLance Corporal · September 2, 1968
- MICHAEL EVAN LOUGHRENLance Corporal · September 2, 1968
From Chillicothe
- GEORGE W COTTRILL JRPetty Officer Third Class · June 16, 1966
- PAUL WINIFORD HARRISPrivate First Class · March 13, 1967
- CHARLES ROBERT WALLERLance Corporal · May 9, 1967
- HOMER EARL PIERCE JRPrivate First Class · January 16, 1968
- DARRYL ALAN GALLAUGHERSpecialist Four · March 4, 1968
- GLENN WILLIAM MOWREYCorporal · March 26, 1968
- ROBERT LEE SMITHStaff Sergeant · May 25, 1968
- NYLES BERNARD SKYLESCorporal · June 17, 1968
- STEVEN MICHAEL SCHLUEBPrivate · August 22, 1968
- MICHAEL KEITH HAMNERSergeant · September 19, 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.