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VERNON DOUGLAS JONES
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 29, 1949 – September 13, 1968
Service recordVernon Douglas Jones, of Owensboro, Kentucky, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 13, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 44W, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44W · Line 49
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
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- July 29, 1949
- Home of record
- Owensboro, Kentucky (Daviess County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 13, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date September 13, 1968; ten of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 44W, Line 49
- TERENCE MICHAEL HUSTEADSergeant · September 13, 1968
- THOMAS CARLYLE JACOBSWarrant Officer 1 · September 13, 1968
- JERRY EDWIN JARRARDCorporal · September 13, 1968
- JON CARL JONESSpecialist Four · September 13, 1968
From Owensboro
- CHARLES ERVIN SHELTONColonel · April 29, 1965
- RANDELL GENE TRAILLance Corporal · October 26, 1965
- RAYMOND LEE FORDWarrant Officer 1 · March 29, 1966
- CHARLES RATES LEWISSpecialist Four · February 16, 1967
- CHARLES RAYMOND LEONARDSpecialist Four · July 22, 1967
- MANFORD DALVIS STEWARTPrivate First Class · September 4, 1967
- JOSEPH ANTHONY COOMESPetty Officer Third Class · September 21, 1967
- PAUL LEE PRICECorporal · September 23, 1967
- JAMES THOMAS COONPrivate First Class · November 10, 1967
- ROBERT WESLEY WATTSWarrant Officer 1 · November 22, 1967
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.