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MARSHALL KEENE JONES
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 21, 1948 – August 20, 1970
Service recordMarshall Keene Jones, of Campbellsville, Kentucky, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 20, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 125 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 125
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. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- April 21, 1948
- Home of record
- Campbellsville, Kentucky (Taylor County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 20, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date August 20, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 125
- WILLIAM ERNEST BROUGHTONSpecialist Four · August 20, 1970
- JOSEPH HENRY DENIGFirst Lieutenant · August 20, 1970
- FURMAN DAVID HUGHESPrivate · August 20, 1970
- DON MANACPrivate First Class · August 20, 1970
Same unit, same day
- PAUL MILLERSergeant · Panel 8W, Line 126
From Campbellsville
- ROGER KEITH HOOSIERPrivate First Class · March 16, 1967
- DAVID MICHAEL BERTRAMPrivate First Class · June 15, 1968
- ALTON RAY PHILLIPSSergeant · June 15, 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.