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RONNIE CLYDE JONES
Private · U.S. Marine Corps
March 12, 1946 – June 24, 1966
Service recordRonnie Clyde Jones, of Louisville, Kentucky, served as a Private in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 24, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 86
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
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Fabric Repair Specialist (3211)
- Born
- March 12, 1946
- Home of record
- Louisville, Kentucky (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 24, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date June 24, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 86
- BOBBY JOE JAMESStaff Sergeant · June 24, 1966
- KENNETH R KAAIHUEStaff Sergeant · June 24, 1966
- JOHN HENRY KENNYPrivate First Class · June 24, 1966
- WARREN ORISON KNEPPER JRSergeant · June 24, 1966
From Louisville
- FERGUS COLEMAN GROVES IICaptain · February 2, 1962
- ROBERT SHERMAN MOSIERSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- DON IRA WILLIAMSONColonel · October 24, 1964
- DONALD GORDON RADCLIFFMajor · August 18, 1965
- LEE ROY JAMESGunnery Sergeant · September 5, 1965
- JERRY DWAYNE UNDERWOODPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- GARY LOUIS DOWELLCorporal · October 27, 1965
- THOMAS EDWARD THAYER JRSergeant Major · November 8, 1965
- BOBBY LEE FAVORSSergeant · February 4, 1966
- KENNETH RUSHPrivate First Class · February 7, 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.