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JOHN ROBERT JONES
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 20, 1949 – June 5, 1971
Service recordJohn Robert Jones, of El Paso, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 5, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 66
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- February 20, 1949
- Home of record
- El Paso, Texas (El Paso County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 5, 1971
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date June 5, 1971; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1971, 181 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 3W, Line 66
- JAMES WALTER MYLESSpecialist Four · June 4, 1971
- REY FRANCISCO TORRESRAMOSSpecialist Four · June 4, 1971
- LEM CLARKSergeant First Class · June 5, 1971
- WILLIAM JOSEPH LAMMERSSpecialist Four · June 5, 1971
From El Paso
- ROBERTO SAMANIEGOCaptain · June 19, 1965
- ROBERT ALLAN EIBERCaptain · June 25, 1965
- MARCOS HERNANDEZSergeant · October 30, 1965
- JOHN FREDERICK MCDERMOTTSpecialist Four · November 18, 1965
- ROBERTO ITUARTESergeant · December 11, 1965
- CHARLES ALAN ROBERTSCaptain · December 26, 1965
- WALLACE KINGSLEY SINERCaptain · January 5, 1966
- WENDELL RAY WHEATLance Corporal · February 8, 1966
- HAROLD PAUL KINDLEBERGERFirst Lieutenant · May 11, 1966
- PEDRO MUNOZHospitalman · May 12, 1966
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.