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RICHARD JOSEPH JONES JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 15, 1945 – May 28, 1968
Service recordRichard Joseph Jones JR, of Allport, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 28, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 64W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 64W · Line 11
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 15, 1945
- Home of record
- Allport, Pennsylvania (Clearfield County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 28, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
74 names on the Wall carry the date May 28, 1968; ten of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 236 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 64W, Line 11
- RANDY S HUBERLance Corporal · May 28, 1968
- GARY LYLE KESTLERLance Corporal · May 28, 1968
- PAUL JEROME KOHLERLance Corporal · May 28, 1968
- RALPH JOSEPH LUEBBERS JRLance Corporal · May 28, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM EDWARD BRICKERPrivate First Class · Panel 64W, Line 6
- WILLIAM PATRICK FLYNNPrivate First Class · Panel 64W, Line 9
- PAUL ALFRED GONZALESPrivate First Class · Panel 64W, Line 9
- CARROLL RODNEY MEIERCorporal · Panel 64W, Line 12
- JOHN WESLEY MCVEYPrivate First Class · Panel 64W, Line 13
- ROBERT JAMES PLOURDECorporal · Panel 64W, Line 14
- ROBERT MICHAEL SOPKOPrivate First Class · Panel 64W, Line 16
- BERNELL TAYLORSpecialist Four · Panel 64W, Line 17
- ROGER WAYNE VOLZPrivate First Class · Panel 64W, Line 17
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.