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MARVIN HAROLD JONES JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 24, 1942 – January 31, 1968
Service recordMarvin Harold Jones JR, of Mt Clemens, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 31, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 36E, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36E · Line 18
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- April 24, 1942
- Home of record
- Mt Clemens, Michigan (Macomb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 31, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
246 names on the Wall carry the date January 31, 1968; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 37 of its members that month.
He died in Bình Dương Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 36E, Line 18
- CHARLES FRENCH JOHNSON JRFirst Lieutenant · January 31, 1968
- EVERETT WILSON JOHNSON JRPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
- GIDEON PICHA JOHNSONSergeant First Class · January 31, 1968
- DUBOIS ROBERT JONESPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GREGORY VAUGHAN GRAYSergeant · Panel 36E, Line 4
- CLARENCE LOVICE EVANSPrivate First Class · Panel 36E, Line 7
- JOSEPH ANDREW GARCIASpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 9
From Mt Clemens
- JERRY LEE ROBERTSCorporal · September 1, 1965
- TERENCE RONALD TANGENPrivate · June 10, 1966
- FRANK J KREBSPrivate First Class · January 17, 1967
- SAMUEL DWIGHT THOMPSONPrivate First Class · February 6, 1967
- ELMER FRED KEPSELPrivate First Class · February 16, 1967
- FREDERICK CARMEN KUNNACorporal · March 20, 1967
- MARIANO LEIJA JRCorporal · May 12, 1967
- ROBERT ALAN HANSELMANSpecialist Four · December 22, 1967
- DAVID MICHAEL DROBFirst Lieutenant · July 22, 1968
- JAMES MARVIN WILKINSLance Corporal · July 31, 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.