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JIMMIE WAYNE JONES
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 25, 1947 – October 22, 1967
Service recordJimmie Wayne Jones, of Merced, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 22, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 50
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- April 25, 1947
- Home of record
- Merced, California (Merced County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 22, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date October 22, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 50
- ROBERT MORTON KAILSpecialist Four · October 22, 1967
- JAMES MILTON MCCORMICKSpecialist Four · October 22, 1967
- LARRY RAY MCDUFFIEPrivate First Class · October 22, 1967
- LAWRENCE J STARKWarrant Officer 1 · October 22, 1967
From Merced
- JUAN BORJA VALTIERRALance Corporal · January 5, 1966
- ROBERT THOMAS VERGANOPrivate First Class · June 27, 1966
- JAMMIE VAN FRANKLINStaff Sergeant · July 26, 1967
- WILLIAM E LAWSONMaster Sergeant · September 9, 1967
- JOHN WILLIAM MCMASTERPrivate First Class · October 8, 1967
- JAMES JOSEPH WRIGHTLieutenant Commander · November 2, 1967
- WILLIAM HENRY REEDY JRPetty Officer Third Class · January 16, 1968
- JOHN HOWARD SUYDAM IIISpecialist Four · February 12, 1968
- RICHARD GRANADOSSpecialist Four · March 5, 1968
- RALPH HENRY PADILLAPrivate · June 12, 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.