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JAMES DALE JONES
First Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
February 4, 1946 – November 30, 1970
Service recordJames Dale Jones, of Pontiac, Michigan, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 30, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 99
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
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Officer (I) (0302)
- Born
- February 4, 1946
- Home of record
- Pontiac, Michigan (Oakland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 30, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date November 30, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 99
- ROBERT GENE MOORESpecialist Four · November 30, 1970
- BENJAMIN ROY NELSON JRCorporal · November 30, 1970
- PATRICK JAMES PAULICHPrivate · November 30, 1970
- JOHN CURTIS STRINGER IICaptain · November 30, 1970
From Pontiac
- WILLIAM EUGENE JACKSONSergeant First Class · February 5, 1964
- THOMAS DANIEL WHITLOCKLieutenant Colonel · November 1, 1964
- HONORIO RAMIREZ JRSergeant · June 23, 1966
- VICTOR RONALD HOYTSergeant · December 27, 1966
- MICHAEL LEE ELMYPrivate First Class · May 9, 1967
- GEORGE RAY FAYFIE EDWARDSSpecialist Five · May 17, 1967
- FREDERICK HUGO LIMINGAPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- ANDREAS MCCURRYSpecialist Four · July 4, 1967
- BERNIE LEE TATESpecialist Four · July 12, 1967
- BOBBY DALE STEVENSONPetty Officer First Class · October 8, 1967
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.