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ROBERT LEWIS JONES
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
June 17, 1943 – June 2, 1968
Service recordRobert Lewis Jones, of Dawn, Missouri, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 2, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 61W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 61W · Line 14
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. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 17, 1943
- Home of record
- Dawn, Missouri (Livingston County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 2, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date June 2, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 66 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 61W, Line 14
- ROBERT GLENN GALLOWAYSpecialist Four · June 2, 1968
- JAMES MICHAEL HOFFMANLance Corporal · June 2, 1968
- BILLY JAY LACKEYPrivate First Class · June 2, 1968
- RAYMOND VILLALPANDO JRSpecialist Four · June 2, 1968
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.