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JOHN HENRY JONES JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
August 8, 1948 – January 30, 1968
Service recordJohn Henry Jones JR, of Phenix City, Alabama, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 30, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 35E, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35E · Line 74
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 8, 1948
- Home of record
- Phenix City, Alabama (Russell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 30, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
99 names on the Wall carry the date January 30, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Tín Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 35E, Line 74
- DENNIS BEN KOUHNSSpecialist Five · January 30, 1968
- JAMES MICHAEL LAROUCHESergeant · January 30, 1968
- ROBERT ERIC LOCHRIDGESergeant · January 30, 1968
- MARCELLO JAMES LOFAROSpecialist Four · January 30, 1968
From Phenix City
- UDON PARKERSpecialist Four · March 13, 1966
- LEO CHESTER DIXONPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
- EDDIE DONALD PEOPLESPrivate First Class · November 15, 1966
- ROBBIE RAY MILLSSpecialist Five · February 15, 1967
- DAVID TOMIE BELLSpecialist Four · February 26, 1967
- CHARLIE BERNARD INGRAM JRSpecialist Four · March 4, 1967
- LARRY RAY MCDUFFIEPrivate First Class · October 22, 1967
- JOE LOUIS JONESSergeant · February 18, 1968
- WILLIAM OLIVER TURNERCorporal · February 28, 1968
- JACOB BENNETTPrivate First Class · July 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.