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ALDON CECIL JONES
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 28, 1933 – August 19, 1968
Service recordAldon Cecil Jones, of Tampa, Florida, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 19, 1968, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 48W, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48W · Line 56
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. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- January 28, 1933
- Home of record
- Tampa, Florida (Hillsborough County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 19, 1968
- Age
- 35
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date August 19, 1968; five of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 48W, Line 56
- ERROL W ESQUILIN-ORTIZPetty Officer Third Class · August 19, 1968
- TERRY ALAN HOFFMANCorporal · August 19, 1968
- JOHN WILLIAM HUTCHISONCorporal · August 19, 1968
- HORACE JOHNSON JRPrivate First Class · August 19, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GALE EDWARD DEERINGStaff Sergeant · Panel 48W, Line 53
- SALVADOR JOE MENDEZSpecialist Four · Panel 47W, Line 1
- EDWARD AUSTIN MCKENZIEPrivate First Class · Panel 47W, Line 2
- WILLIAM LEONARD SANDERSENSpecialist Four · Panel 47W, Line 4
From Tampa
- THOMAS ISAAC LEDBETTERCaptain · June 19, 1964
- HENRY JOSEPH GALLANTMaster Sergeant · July 13, 1965
- JOHN BELL JRLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- ERICH SIMKAITISSpecialist Five · September 9, 1965
- LAURENCE MICHAEL KINGCorporal · September 28, 1965
- MACK CECIL COXSergeant · November 17, 1965
- GUY HECTOR MCCAREYMajor · November 27, 1965
- RICHIE HUMES SCHMITTLance Corporal · December 9, 1965
- JOHNNIE GRANTSpecialist Four · February 7, 1966
- ISIAH FOSTERLance Corporal · March 23, 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.