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JOSEPH WESTER JONES III
Captain · U.S. Marine Corps
September 16, 1943 – October 8, 1968
Service recordJoseph Wester Jones III, of Dyersburg, Tennessee, served as a Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 8, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 30
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
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Frs Basic F/A-18 Pilot (I) (7521)
- Born
- September 16, 1943
- Home of record
- Dyersburg, Tennessee (Dyer County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 8, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date October 8, 1968; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 30
- JAMES THOMAS LONGCorporal · October 8, 1968
- PIERCE MALMQUISTLance Corporal · October 8, 1968
- KENNETH FREDERICK MOORESPrivate First Class · October 8, 1968
- FLOYD EUGENE PARTONLance Corporal · October 8, 1968
From Dyersburg
- JAMES ALTON GARDNERFirst Lieutenant · February 7, 1966
- ROBERT LEE DUNCANCorporal · October 6, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD NOVELSpecialist Four · February 9, 1968
- JOE THOMAS KEMMERLINGStaff Sergeant · April 2, 1968
- IVY GALE CHILDRESSSpecialist Four · June 25, 1968
- WILLIAM LEE HARRISPrivate First Class · June 28, 1968
- JERRY PAUL BARBEEPrivate First Class · July 5, 1968
- BOBBY JOE LEMONSSergeant · May 19, 1970
- JAMES PATRICK CODDINGTONMajor · November 9, 1970
- JOHN HARRY BROCKSergeant · July 7, 1972
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.