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LOUIS FARR JONES
Colonel · U.S. Air Force
December 29, 1925 – November 29, 1967
Service recordLouis Farr Jones, of San Angelo, Texas, served as a Colonel in the U.S. Air Force. He died on November 29, 1967, in Laos, at age 41. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 4
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Colonel (COL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pilot (1115F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 558 TFS 12 TFW
- Born
- December 29, 1925
- Home of record
- San Angelo, Texas (Tom Green County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 29, 1967
- Age
- 41
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date November 29, 1967. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 31E, Line 4
- PETER MYKAL HANSENFirst Lieutenant · November 29, 1967
- DONALD LEE HETTICHCorporal · November 29, 1967
- JOHN MARTIN KOVANDASpecialist Four · November 29, 1967
- JOHN PETER KURZSpecialist Four · November 29, 1967
From San Angelo
- CHARLES MILTON FITTSFirst Lieutenant · January 11, 1963
- LEROY BURKS JRPrivate First Class · November 1, 1966
- MICHAEL COURTNEY QUINNSeaman · May 24, 1967
- HENRY WILBURN HARTMANSpecialist Five · January 31, 1968
- ROBERTO PENA RIOSPrivate · March 4, 1968
- DAVID ALLEN PARKERStaff Sergeant · April 6, 1968
- HARRIS LESTER COLLINSCorporal · April 26, 1968
- JIMMY RAY WHELESSCorporal · May 9, 1968
- REX WAYNE DOYLESpecialist Four · May 17, 1968
- OSCAR REINA JUAREZPrivate First Class · June 28, 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.