George Emerson Jones

Vietnam War
Unit736th Bomber Squadron
RankFirst Lieutenant U.S. Air Force
Entered Service FromAberdeen Mississippi
Date of DeathJuly 7 1967
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
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Notes
First Lieutenant Jones was a member of 736th Bomber Squadron. On July 7, 1967, he was a member of the crew of a Boeing Stratofortress Bomber (B-52D) 20 miles offshore over the South China Sea, when it collided with another B-52D bomber. His remains were recovered on April 12, 1994 and identified on April 18, 1997. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.
rosetta medal
When an individual’s remains have been accounted for by the U.S. Department of Defense, a rosette is placed next to the name on the Wall/Tablet/Court of the Missing to mark that the person now rests in a known gravesite.