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RICHARD STEPHEN JONES
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
February 15, 1948 – March 27, 1969
Service recordRichard Stephen Jones, of Reimanville, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 27, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 61
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 First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 15, 1948
- Home of record
- Reimanville, Michigan
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 27, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date March 27, 1969; 16 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 61
- WILLIAM MICHAEL JODREYSpecialist Five · March 27, 1969
- OSCAR GIBSON JOHNSON JRPrivate First Class · March 27, 1969
- ZANE EVERETT JOHNSONLance Corporal · March 27, 1969
- ALLISON WAYNE LOCKLAIRSpecialist Four · March 27, 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.