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ALLEN WINFRED JONES
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 22, 1944 – January 13, 1966
Service recordAllen Winfred Jones, of Elberton, Georgia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 13, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 70
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 22, 1944
- Home of record
- Elberton, Georgia (Elbert County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 13, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date January 13, 1966. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 131 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 70
- MELVIN LEE HAIRSTONSpecialist Four · January 13, 1966
- IRWIN LEWIS HOFFMANTechnical Sergeant · January 13, 1966
- DORRIS ALBERT IVEYSergeant First Class · January 13, 1966
- ANDERSON HAROLD KEYPrivate First Class · January 13, 1966
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE WARREN CRIPPSSpecialist Four · Panel 4E, Line 68
- DANNY MAX ERWINSpecialist Four · Panel 4E, Line 69
- MELVIN LEE HAIRSTONSpecialist Four · Panel 4E, Line 70
- DONALD FREDERICK WEINMANSergeant · Panel 4E, Line 72
From Elberton
- JAMES EUGENE JOSLYNStaff Sergeant · October 15, 1966
- CLARK EDWARD CLEVELANDPrivate First Class · September 14, 1967
- DANIEL RAYMOND BOWMANPrivate First Class · January 8, 1968
- CHARLES HERBERT SMITHLance Corporal · January 8, 1968
- JOHNNY CLEVELAND SIMPSONCorporal · September 19, 1968
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.