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MONTE RICHARD JONES
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 1, 1948 – June 23, 1969
Service recordMonte Richard Jones, of Sidney, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 23, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 121 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 121
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A CO 299 ENG BN 937 ENG GRP
- Born
- March 1, 1948
- Home of record
- Sidney, Ohio (Shelby County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 23, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
65 names on the Wall carry the date June 23, 1969; six of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 121
- PAUL DAVIS JONESPrivate First Class · June 23, 1969
- JEAN ARTHUR KEARBYLieutenant Colonel · June 23, 1969
- CHARLES HENRY KELLER IICaptain · June 23, 1969
- LARRY WADE KINDERSergeant · June 23, 1969
From Sidney
- CHARLES RICHARD MCFARLINPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- TERRY FISHER KATTERHENRYCaptain · December 20, 1965
- ROBERT JEROME MEYERLance Corporal · January 14, 1967
- ROBERT JOSEPH GOLDSpecialist Four · February 26, 1967
- CHARLES GREGORY HUSTONStaff Sergeant · March 28, 1968
- DANIEL EDWARD WOLFECorporal · April 22, 1968
- JAMES DOUGLAS LOCKERSergeant · June 9, 1968
- WILLIAM HARVEY MILLERPrivate First Class · February 3, 1969
- JEROME RAYMOND FRILLINGPrivate First Class · September 30, 1970
- BENTON LEWIS MILLERChief Warrant Officer 2 · November 18, 1970
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.