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JAMES WALTER JONES
Captain · U.S. Marine Corps
August 5, 1920 – August 30, 1968
Service recordJames Walter Jones, of Hawthorne, California, served as a Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 30, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 48. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · Line 7
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
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Explosive Ordnance Disposal Officer (2045)
- Born
- August 5, 1920
- Home of record
- Hawthorne, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 30, 1968
- Age
- 48
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date August 30, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 45W, Line 7
- GARY LYNN KLINGLERSpecialist Four · August 30, 1968
- JAMES ALLEN MANGERCorporal · August 30, 1968
- PAUL STEVEN MAREKSpecialist Five · August 30, 1968
- TOBIAS EARL MARKUSENPrivate First Class · August 30, 1968
From Hawthorne
- WILLIAM WALTE MCALLISTERMajor · April 22, 1965
- DONALD LEROY ANDERSON JRLance Corporal · September 18, 1966
- ROBERT CRAIG BOELZNERPrivate First Class · November 28, 1966
- THOMAS BLAKE DAILYFirst Lieutenant · May 21, 1967
- JAMES ALEX GAZDAGHLance Corporal · July 8, 1967
- PAUL EDWARD HAHNLance Corporal · August 23, 1967
- ORVAL L SKIRVINSergeant First Class · October 15, 1967
- THOMAS MICHAEL PINATELLIPrivate First Class · February 10, 1968
- TIM THOMASCorporal · February 13, 1968
- DAYNE YORK SCOTTPetty Officer Second Class · October 17, 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.