The Wall › Panel 40W › North Carolina › Robert Lewis Jones
ROBERT LEWIS JONES
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 25, 1946 – October 23, 1968
Service recordRobert Lewis Jones, of Raleigh, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 23, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 25
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 25, 1946
- Home of record
- Raleigh, North Carolina (Wake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 23, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date October 23, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 40W, Line 25
- HAROLD DOUGLAS MARTINFirst Lieutenant · October 23, 1968
- CHARLES JOHN PARKERPrivate First Class · October 23, 1968
- MARION EUGENE REEDMajor · October 23, 1968
- JOHN THOMAS REILLYSecond Lieutenant · October 23, 1968
From Raleigh
- WILLIAM EDWARD DAVIS JRSecond Lieutenant · December 10, 1965
- CHARLES EDWARD ALSTONPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- LEE ARTHUR MOORE JRSpecialist Four · March 30, 1966
- EDWARD SHEPHERDPlatoon Sergeant · May 21, 1966
- JOHN B DAVIS IIISpecialist Four · July 7, 1966
- WAYLAND DUNN JRSergeant · August 14, 1966
- LEON GORDON CHADWICK IIICaptain · November 14, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD OXLEYFirst Lieutenant · November 26, 1966
- SAMUEL ADAMS JAMES JRFirst Lieutenant · December 4, 1966
- DONALD FRANK RHODESPrivate · January 7, 1967
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.