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MARLIN MARK JONES JR
Seaman · U.S. Navy
February 4, 1947 – February 18, 1969
Service recordMarlin Mark Jones JR, of Salem, Oregon, served as a Seaman in the U.S. Navy. He died on February 18, 1969, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 55
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. Navy
- Rank
- Seaman (SN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Seaman (SN)
- Unit (as recorded)
- USNAVFORV
- Born
- February 4, 1947
- Home of record
- Salem, Oregon (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 18, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date February 18, 1969; he was the only one lost in Định Tường Province that day. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “USNAVFORV”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 55
- CARL EUGENE KELLY JRLance Corporal · February 18, 1969
- MARWICK LEROY KEMPGunnery Sergeant · February 18, 1969
- ROBERT IRWIN MEEKERSergeant · February 18, 1969
- PHILLIP EDWARD MINTONCorporal · February 18, 1969
From Salem
- DELBERT CHARLES LAFLEMMESpecialist Four · October 7, 1964
- ELVIS GORDON BARKERCaptain · March 1, 1965
- DAVID ALLEN MORGANStaff Sergeant · September 23, 1965
- DAVID GORDON RUSSELLLance Corporal · April 2, 1966
- THEODORE JAMES SHORACK JRMajor · June 9, 1966
- ROBERT GRAHAM NOPPLieutenant Colonel · July 14, 1966
- JOHN DOUGLAS CAREYPrivate First Class · July 16, 1966
- GERALD WALLACE EVENHUSPrivate First Class · September 16, 1966
- DAREL LEE SILLSSpecialist Four · October 13, 1966
- LARRY RAY FOSTERPrivate First Class · July 14, 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.