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JOSEPH JOHN JONES
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
October 13, 1946 – July 3, 1968
Service recordJoseph John Jones, of Scotland Neck, North Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 3, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 53W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53W · Line 2
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 13, 1946
- Home of record
- Scotland Neck, North Carolina (Halifax County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 3, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date July 3, 1968; 18 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 53W, Line 2
- COLIN EDWARD LAMBFirst Lieutenant · July 3, 1968
- JAMES SCOTT LANGWORTHYPrivate First Class · July 3, 1968
- DILLARD RAY LAYNEPrivate First Class · July 3, 1968
- RANDELL BLAKE LITTLECorporal · July 3, 1968
From Scotland Neck
- WILLIAM ROOSEVELT MOORECorporal · May 3, 1967
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.