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IVAN WAYNE JONES
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 5, 1950 – January 26, 1969
Service recordIvan Wayne Jones, of Richmond, Virginia, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 26, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 85
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- January 5, 1950
- Home of record
- Richmond, Virginia (Richmond (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 26, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date January 26, 1969; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 85
- ROBERT LEE JOHNSONStaff Sergeant · January 26, 1969
- LAWRENCE LEE KEISTERSpecialist Four · January 26, 1969
- MARIO MONTES LAGUNASpecialist Four · January 26, 1969
- ALAN KARL LANGERSergeant · January 26, 1969
From Richmond
- WALTER PRESTON GORHAMMajor · March 16, 1963
- RICHARD SHERWIN JOHNSONCaptain · January 17, 1965
- ROBERT LEE SIMON JRSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- ROBERT WILLIAM DOSSAirman First Class · April 27, 1965
- CHARLES ARTHUR JENKINSLance Corporal · June 25, 1965
- JAMES HOLMES THORNTONPrivate First Class · November 3, 1965
- SAMUEL STANLEY TOLLIVERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MARYLAND CHATTENPrivate · December 24, 1965
- CURTIS J MCGEEStaff Sergeant · February 28, 1966
- TERRY L HARPERSpecialist Four · March 21, 1966
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.