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JOSEPH RICHARD JONES
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
June 21, 1948 – July 5, 1968
Service recordJoseph Richard Jones, of Sanford, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 5, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 53W, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53W · Line 21
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- June 21, 1948
- Home of record
- Sanford, Florida (Seminole County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 5, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date July 5, 1968; 29 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 53W, Line 21
- CARROLL STEPHEN DIEUDONNEPrivate First Class · July 5, 1968
- LAWRENCE EUGENE JOHNSONLance Corporal · July 5, 1968
- JACK PAHL JONESLance Corporal · July 5, 1968
- BRUCE EDWARD LAWRENCEMajor · July 5, 1968
From Sanford
- TERRY DENVER CORDELLCaptain · October 15, 1962
- EDWARD FRANK GOLDCommander · December 22, 1965
- CHARLES A GAINESSergeant · May 21, 1966
- MICHEAL JOHN DRAKEPrivate First Class · March 3, 1967
- SHELTON MORGANPrivate First Class · May 26, 1967
- CHRISTOPHER ANDREWSPrivate First Class · December 3, 1967
- PATRICK LINDSEY HALLPrivate First Class · January 11, 1968
- CHARLES EDWARD HALLSergeant First Class · January 31, 1968
- JAMES WOOD GRANTSpecialist Four · May 7, 1968
- WILLIAM DALE STOVALLPrivate First Class · October 31, 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.