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RICHARD WARREN JONES
Captain · U.S. Air Force
February 12, 1943 – June 27, 1971
Service recordRichard Warren Jones, of Ada, Oklahoma, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on June 27, 1971, in Cambodia, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 90 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 90
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- February 12, 1943
- Home of record
- Ada, Oklahoma (Pontotoc County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 27, 1971
- Age
- 28
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date June 27, 1971. In June 1971, 181 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The record places this loss in Cambodia, outside South Vietnam.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 90
- JOHN LESTER SONESSpecialist Four · June 26, 1971
- JAMES MICHAEL YOUNGSpecialist Four · June 26, 1971
- HERBERT J ARTISStaff Sergeant · June 27, 1971
- DONALD FRANCIS MCKIETHANSpecialist Five · June 27, 1971
From Ada
- NOEL DON MARRLance Corporal · May 29, 1966
- WILLIAM DONALD MULLINSStaff Sergeant · December 21, 1966
- JACK WAYNE HALEYSpecialist Four · March 24, 1968
- JAMES THOMAS BLANKENSHIPFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1968
- THOMAS HUGH BAKERMajor · November 4, 1968
- RAYMOND DALE THURMANSergeant · January 2, 1969
- JAMES GLENN UPCHURCHSecond Lieutenant · March 25, 1969
- LARRY GENE PADBERGPetty Officer Third Class · May 12, 1969
- DENNIS VAN JOHNSONPrivate First Class · April 1, 1970
- JIMMY RAY HIGDONSpecialist Four · April 11, 1970
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.