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SAM RAYMOND JONES
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
July 5, 1944 – June 23, 1967
Service recordSam Raymond Jones, of Knoxville, Tennessee, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 23, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 55
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- July 5, 1944
- Home of record
- Knoxville, Tennessee (Knox County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 23, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date June 23, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 55
- EDWIN WOODS MARTIN JRMajor · June 23, 1967
- ELLIS A MCBRIDE JRFirst Lieutenant · June 23, 1967
- CLIFFORD N MIZEStaff Sergeant · June 23, 1967
- JACK WALTER PETERSONPrivate First Class · June 23, 1967
From Knoxville
- GARY D SMITHPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- WAYNE THOMAS LONGPrivate · December 27, 1965
- RAYMOND LEE HILLSergeant · January 30, 1966
- TOMMY EDWARD HILLPetty Officer Second Class · February 14, 1966
- HUGH ALLEN LOVEPrivate First Class · February 17, 1966
- JAMES ROBERT MCLEMOREPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- DONALD RICHARD LUMLEYSecond Lieutenant · March 4, 1966
- JESSE J COFFEYSergeant · April 1, 1966
- CHARLES WILLIAM WOOLIVERLance Corporal · May 4, 1966
- JOHN HENRY MORGANPrivate First Class · May 26, 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.