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RANDOLPH ROBERT JONES
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 29, 1948 – January 19, 1968
Service recordRandolph Robert Jones, of Bakersfield, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 19, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 78
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- October 29, 1948
- Home of record
- Bakersfield, California (Kern County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 19, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date January 19, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 78
- ROOSEVELT JONESMaster Sergeant · January 19, 1968
- JACK JOSEPH KUPFERERPrivate First Class · January 19, 1968
- FLOYD CAMILLE LACHNEYSpecialist Four · January 19, 1968
- BERT DOUGLAS LEFLERCorporal · January 19, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RONALD BAKERSergeant · Panel 34E, Line 73
- JOSEPH FRANCIS DECROSTASpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 75
- LESLIE DAVID MATCHETTSpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 79
- JOHN AVERY ROGERSPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 82
- CHARLES WALLACE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 82
From Bakersfield
- CLAYTON ALLEN FANNINCaptain · January 10, 1963
- PAUL E RYTTERPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- EDWARD JOUJON-ROCHEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- BENNIE FRANK PARKERSergeant · January 30, 1966
- BILLY G FRYMaster Sergeant · February 1, 1966
- ERNESTO DOMINGUEZPrivate First Class · June 6, 1966
- BOBBY ROY HOLLEYLance Corporal · July 19, 1966
- JOHN WHILDEN PERICHPrivate First Class · July 22, 1966
- JAMES BURTON MILLSLieutenant Commander · September 21, 1966
- TOMMY JONESPrivate First Class · December 2, 1966
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.