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ROBERT MORRIS JONES
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 28, 1947 – February 22, 1967
Service recordRobert Morris Jones, of Indianapolis, Indiana, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 22, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 74
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (1371)
- Born
- February 28, 1947
- Home of record
- Indianapolis, Indiana (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 22, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date February 22, 1967; six of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 74
- EZEKEIL THEODORE EXUMPrivate First Class · February 22, 1967
- FRANCISCO GARCIAPrivate First Class · February 22, 1967
- ALLAN GEORGE GRIFFINPrivate First Class · February 22, 1967
- TIMOTHY MICHAEL KRANSHANPrivate First Class · February 22, 1967
From Indianapolis
- JAMES EDWARD CAUGHEYSpecialist Four · August 14, 1964
- CLARENCE LEROY COLEMANSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- IVAN RAY SMITHPrivate First Class · May 13, 1965
- KENNETH LEROY REEDStaff Sergeant · June 12, 1965
- JOHN POWERS DAVISSpecialist Five · July 21, 1965
- CURLEY SHERELS JRCorporal · August 18, 1965
- ALVIN CARVER FORNEYCorporal · September 1, 1965
- WILLIAM LARRIE HUNTPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- THOMAS CURTIS METSKERCaptain · November 14, 1965
- VILIS LISMENTSCorporal · November 22, 1965
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.