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MARCUS CLAUDE JONES
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 27, 1947 – August 28, 1967
Service recordMarcus Claude Jones, of Gainesville, Florida, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 28, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 57
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
- Administrative Man (0141)
- Born
- March 27, 1947
- Home of record
- Gainesville, Florida (Alachua County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 28, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date August 28, 1967; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 57
- ANTHONY JOHN GRASSOConstructionman · August 28, 1967
- JERRY EUGENE GUERRASpecialist Five · August 28, 1967
- WILLIAM JOSEPH HART JRLance Corporal · August 28, 1967
- WALTER MERL LANKFORD JRCorporal · August 28, 1967
From Gainesville
- VERNON THOMAS CARTER JRLance Corporal · December 10, 1965
- NOAH MORRIS KRAFTFirst Lieutenant · March 21, 1966
- JEROME CORDELL WINTERSCaptain · July 25, 1966
- LORENZO COLUMBUS MAULDENPrivate First Class · July 26, 1966
- FREDDIE LEE KLECKLEYPrivate First Class · August 10, 1966
- LINDY EDWARD HENRYStaff Sergeant · April 28, 1967
- JAMES MILTON JEFFERSONLieutenant Colonel · May 12, 1967
- AUBURN DALE MCCOMBPetty Officer Second Class · May 14, 1967
- WESLEY IRA GOSWICKSpecialist Five · May 18, 1967
- JAMES MIKEL RUNNELSAirman · July 29, 1967
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.