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MOSES EDWARD JONES
Private · U.S. Marine Corps
February 15, 1951 – August 17, 1970
Service recordMoses Edward Jones, of Hernando, Mississippi, served as a Private in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 17, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 118 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 118
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 15, 1951
- Home of record
- Hernando, Mississippi (De Soto County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 17, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date August 17, 1970; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 118
- CURTIS CRAIG COLYEARCorporal · August 17, 1970
- PAUL ALLEN DEMALINESpecialist Four · August 17, 1970
- ROBERT WILLIAM HARTPrivate First Class · August 17, 1970
- RICHARD KEITH JOHNSTONSpecialist Four · August 17, 1970
From Hernando
- JOE EDDIE CARTERSpecialist Four · December 23, 1967
- ULYSSES C HASSELLSpecialist Four · May 22, 1969
- T Z MERRIWEATHERPrivate First Class · September 25, 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.