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MARYUS NAPOLEON JONES
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
July 13, 1935 – April 12, 1969
Service recordMaryus Napoleon Jones, of Lackey, Virginia, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 12, 1969, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 64
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 First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- July 13, 1935
- Home of record
- Lackey, Virginia (York County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 12, 1969
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date April 12, 1969; two of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 27W, Line 64
- THOMAS EUGENE HOLLOWAYPetty Officer Third Class · April 12, 1969
- DANNY WILLIAM HOULEPrivate First Class · April 12, 1969
- CLAUDE THOMAS JENKINSPrivate First Class · April 12, 1969
- CORBIN CLARK TINDALLFirst Lieutenant · April 12, 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.