Jones, Richard Watson
Army Recruit

Richard Watson Jones, age 22, from Easton, Pennsylvania, Northampton county.

Parents: Morris J. and Clorinda Jones

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: Wednesday, November 8, 1961
Death details: Among 77 killed in Richmond, Virginia when the engines aboard their plane failed and it crashed into marshland. The crew and passengers died from carbon monoxide poisoning. The flight was enroute from Baltimore to Columbia, South Carolina.

Source: Associated Press (1961), Allentown Morning Call (1961)

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