Jones, Raymond Lee
Army Private 1st class

Raymond Lee Jones, age 21, from Oklahoma, Oklahoma county.

Service era: Korea

Date of death: Saturday, July 29, 1950
Death details: On July 30, 1950, the 24th Infantry Division’s undermanned and ill-equipped 19th Infantry Regiment, which had been rushed to Korea from garrison duty in Japan, established defensive lines around the South Korean city of Chinju. The soldiers of the 19th Infantry faced the North Korean People’s Army (NKPA), which was moving inexorably south down the Korean peninsula. The unit lacked heavy artillery and anti-tank weaponry, and the Americans were ultimately unable to stop the NKPA and were forced to withdraw further south to prevent being surrounded. Corporal Raymond Lee Jones entered the U.S. Army from Oklahoma and was a member of H Company, 2nd Battalion, 19th Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division. On July 29, 1950, he was reported missing in action following his unit’s withdrawal from Chinju, South Korea. He was never reported to be a prisoner of war, and he remains unaccounted-for following the incident. Today, Corporal Jones is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.

Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency