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MORRIS BLAINE JONES
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 31, 1946 – January 3, 1968
Service recordMorris Blaine Jones, of Graham, North Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 3, 1968, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 29
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B TRP 7 SQD 17 CAV
- Born
- August 31, 1946
- Home of record
- Graham, North Carolina (Alamance County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 3, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date January 3, 1968; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 33E, Line 29
- RICHARD LEE HATCHLieutenant Colonel · January 3, 1968
- KENNETH RAY LANCASTERStaff Sergeant · January 3, 1968
- ROBERT RAYMOND LINDBERGHPrivate First Class · January 3, 1968
- THOMAS PHILIP MOOREPetty Officer Second Class · January 3, 1968
From Graham
- DENNIS CURTIS KIDDMaster Sergeant · August 4, 1964
- JERRY RAY CAMPBELLPrivate · June 28, 1965
- HIRAM DILLARD STRICKLANDPrivate First Class · February 1, 1966
- GREGORY DALE JENKINSPetty Officer Third Class · May 12, 1967
- CHARLES E RUSSELL IIIPrivate First Class · December 11, 1968
- JAMES OLIN FOGLEMANPrivate First Class · May 18, 1969
- TONY EUGENE SCOGGINSSpecialist Four · September 14, 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.