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BENNIE FRANK JONES
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 14, 1950 – January 9, 1971
Service recordBennie Frank Jones, of Brighton, Massachusetts, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 9, 1971, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 35
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- November 14, 1950
- Home of record
- Brighton, Massachusetts (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 9, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date January 9, 1971; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 5W, Line 35
- DENNIS RAY WATTERSONStaff Sergeant · January 8, 1971
- DAVID WILLIAM LILLEYSergeant · January 9, 1971
- LOUIS PAYNE SRStaff Sergeant · January 9, 1971
- CLINTON CURTIS ROBINSONSpecialist Four · January 9, 1971
Same unit, same day
- CLINTON CURTIS ROBINSONSpecialist Four · Panel 5W, Line 35
From Brighton
- RAYMOND MAURICE DARRIGANSergeant First Class · February 6, 1967
- LOUIS DAVID DOBBIN IIFirst Lieutenant · May 18, 1967
- JAMES C OREILLY JRHospitalman · September 4, 1967
- HENRY JOSEPH SERVENT JRSpecialist Four · March 16, 1968
- LEO EDWARD SWAN JRLance Corporal · April 20, 1968
- PAMELA DOROTHY DONOVANSecond Lieutenant · July 8, 1968
- MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER BURNSPrivate First Class · February 25, 1969
- JAN IVAN RASENYUCKPrivate First Class · August 28, 1969
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.