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An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam.
An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam. Photo: U.S. Air Force, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Robert Henry Osborn Jones.

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ROBERT HENRY OSBORN JONES

Airman First Class · U.S. Air Force

October 6, 1946 – February 27, 1967

Service record

Robert Henry Osborn Jones, of Arlington, Virginia, served as an Airman First Class in the U.S. Air Force. He died on February 27, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 106 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 15E · Line 106

Position of Panel 15E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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. Air Force
Rank
Airman First Class (A1C)
Service
Regular
Born
October 6, 1946
Home of record
Arlington, Virginia (Arlington County)

Casualty

Date of death
February 27, 1967
Age
20
Province
Quang Nam
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Artillery/Mortar/Rocket

Context · from the records

What was happening

46 names on the Wall carry the date February 27, 1967; 14 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 15E, Line 106

From Arlington

All 54 names from Arlington →

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.