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KENNETH LOREN JONES
Corporal · U.S. Army
May 1, 1942 – January 14, 1969
Service recordKenneth Loren Jones, of Marshall, Missouri, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on January 14, 1969, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 89
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- May 1, 1942
- Home of record
- Marshall, Missouri (Saline County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 14, 1969
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date January 14, 1969; he was the only one lost in Kien Hoa Province that day. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 114 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 89
- WAYNE OWEN FEINAUERCorporal · January 14, 1969
- DAVID ALAN GAUCHLance Corporal · January 14, 1969
- NORMAN ELAN GOODMANSpecialist Four · January 14, 1969
- IRVIN HUGH HILLLance Corporal · January 14, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL ARCHIE BLAKEYSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 87
From Marshall
- RAY STEPHEN LONGPrivate First Class · July 29, 1966
- BOBBY GENE JACKSONSergeant · January 13, 1967
- CARL DEAN MILLERColonel · September 5, 1967
- BOBBY JOE WINKLERCorporal · January 2, 1968
- CLAY HOLT JRCorporal · August 28, 1968
- DAVID ALLEN DITTMERSergeant · April 18, 1969
- RONALD LEE EIDSONCorporal · July 11, 1969
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.