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LARRY ALLAN JONES
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 28, 1948 – April 24, 1968
Service recordLarry Allan Jones, of Thousand Oaks, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 24, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 51E, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51E · Line 47
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Special Radio Operator (2571)
- Born
- July 28, 1948
- Home of record
- Thousand Oaks, California (Ventura County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 24, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date April 24, 1968; six of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 51E, Line 47
- BUFORD GERALD JOHNSONSpecialist Five · April 24, 1968
- PAUL KASSATKINLance Corporal · April 24, 1968
- KENNETH EUGENE KOTYLUKSpecialist Five · April 24, 1968
- DALE LEE LAMBERTSpecialist Five · April 24, 1968
From Thousand Oaks
- COLIN FRANK JACKSONPrivate First Class · May 18, 1967
- JOHN CLARENCE SHAMELLance Corporal · June 15, 1967
- CHARLES IVAN DEGRAWSergeant · November 5, 1968
- DAVID EARL FARRPrivate First Class · January 26, 1970
- ERIC JAMES HUBERTHCaptain · May 13, 1970
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.