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ROY MORGAN JONES JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
October 15, 1946 – April 18, 1967
Service recordRoy Morgan Jones JR, of Penns Grove, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 18, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 45
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 First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Radio Operator (2531)
- Born
- October 15, 1946
- Home of record
- Penns Grove, New Jersey (Salem County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 18, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date April 18, 1967; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 45
- ROBERT JOHN CRABBEFirst Lieutenant · April 18, 1967
- ROBERT BENNETT EMROPlatoon Sergeant · April 18, 1967
- PATRICK LAWRENCE HALEYCaptain · April 18, 1967
- VERNICE HOLLINGSWORTHSpecialist Four · April 18, 1967
From Penns Grove
- CHARLES ROBERT WETZELPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- GERALD RONALD THOMPSONPrivate First Class · March 5, 1967
- JOHN HERBERT CHEEKSCorporal · April 28, 1967
- ALTON THOMAS JRCorporal · March 9, 1968
- LARRY HANSEN BOWENPrivate First Class · June 7, 1969
- MICHAEL JENNINGSLance Corporal · July 25, 1969
- THOMAS SAMUEL ROGERSWarrant Officer 1 · July 14, 1970
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.