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JERRELL RAY JONES
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
October 2, 1949 – October 14, 1969
Service recordJerrell Ray Jones, of Superior, Arizona, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 14, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 77
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- October 2, 1949
- Home of record
- Superior, Arizona (Pinal County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 14, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date October 14, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 77
- HENRY MOUZON GNANNFirst Lieutenant · October 14, 1969
- EDWIN REYNOLDS GROTTKE JRSergeant First Class · October 14, 1969
- LANNY MAYES HAMBYSpecialist Four · October 14, 1969
- DAVID EDWARD KUCZYNSKICaptain · October 14, 1969
From Superior
- MANUEL GUTIERREZ YBARRAPrivate First Class · August 24, 1967
- LEONARD EUGENE FRITZPrivate First Class · November 16, 1967
- ROY GEREAD DORSETTSergeant · June 29, 1968
- ALBERT MANUEL MENDOZACorporal · March 22, 1969
- ROBERT LUIS ROMEROPrivate First Class · June 5, 1969
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.