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STERLING M JONES JR
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 14, 1946 – November 30, 1967
Service recordSterling M Jones JR, of Columbus, Georgia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 30, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 12
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 14, 1946
- Home of record
- Columbus, Georgia (Muscogee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 30, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date November 30, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 12
- WILLIAM E GROVESSergeant · November 30, 1967
- GARY LEE GROWLance Corporal · November 30, 1967
- JOHN WILLIAM HARTMANSpecialist Four · November 30, 1967
- WILLIAM BRIAN HAYSCorporal · November 30, 1967
From Columbus
- RUBE ALFRED FREEMANMaster Sergeant · April 27, 1963
- WILLIAM EDWARD TH FLOWERSChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 12, 1963
- JERRY LEE TAYLORCaptain · February 17, 1964
- PATRICK PALMER CALHOUNSecond Lieutenant · April 19, 1965
- JAMES CHARLES SHERIFF JRMajor · July 4, 1965
- DURWARD FRANK RAYSergeant · July 7, 1965
- CLIFFORD DEAN MELTONStaff Sergeant · July 21, 1965
- FRANK BOYNTONSpecialist Four · September 18, 1965
- JAMES LEROY DAVISSergeant · November 12, 1965
- EDDIE LEE POUGHSpecialist Four · November 15, 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.