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WILLIAM STANLEY JONES
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
September 14, 1942 – August 3, 1968
Service recordWilliam Stanley Jones, of Orlando, Florida, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 3, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 49W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49W · Line 5
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
- Second Lieutenant (2NDLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Basic Infantry Officer (0301)
- Born
- September 14, 1942
- Home of record
- Orlando, Florida (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 3, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date August 3, 1968; eight of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 49W, Line 5
- GARY ELLIS HOADLEYSergeant · August 3, 1968
- CLARENCE JAMES JACKSONPrivate First Class · August 3, 1968
- RONALD KEITH LEWISLance Corporal · August 3, 1968
- LOUIS UISVILLE MENARD JRPrivate First Class · August 3, 1968
From Orlando
- FREDERICK PETER CROSBYLieutenant Commander · June 1, 1965
- RYLAND WHITNEY DRAWDYPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- MALCOLM EDWARD MILLICANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- DORRIS ALBERT IVEYSergeant First Class · January 13, 1966
- JOHN DONALD HETTERLY SRSergeant · January 25, 1966
- ROBERT CURTIS WILLIAMSStaff Sergeant · March 15, 1966
- MARVIN FOY GOODMAN JRLance Corporal · March 20, 1966
- RONALD ALLEN SAPPSpecialist Four · March 23, 1966
- CARY CRADDOCKSergeant · May 4, 1966
- ROOSEVELT HESTLE JRColonel · July 6, 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.