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ROBERT LEE JONES JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 10, 1940 – January 6, 1968
Service recordRobert Lee Jones JR, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 6, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 58
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 10, 1940
- Home of record
- Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 6, 1968
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date January 6, 1968; six 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 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 58
- WILLIAM EDWIN BERNARDStaff Sergeant · January 6, 1968
- GEORGE LESLIE HORSMAN IIMajor · January 6, 1968
- RICHARD THOMAS JACKSONSergeant · January 6, 1968
- JOHN MARTIN JRPrivate First Class · January 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JUAN HENRY MARTINEZPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 59
- SOCORRO PEREIRASergeant First Class · Panel 33E, Line 59
- ROBERT DALE PULLENSergeant · Panel 33E, Line 59
- JAMES P ROBINSONPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 60
- DANIEL LEE WISELYSpecialist Four · Panel 33E, Line 62
From Oklahoma City
- LAVESTER LEE WILLIAMSCaptain · March 23, 1963
- GORDON RICHARD BROWNCaptain · October 24, 1963
- CHARLES KENNETH SIDESLance Corporal · March 26, 1965
- FRANK PETER WATSONCaptain · June 18, 1965
- LARRY DREW HARVEYCorporal · October 3, 1965
- GARY HOWARD JONESPrivate First Class · October 14, 1965
- GEORGE RAY THOMPSONSergeant · December 12, 1965
- JEFF GOUDEAU JRPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- GARY RAY ARTMANSpecialist Four · February 18, 1966
- JERRY D LEWISSpecialist Four · March 16, 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.