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BERNARD FRANCIS JONES
Captain · U.S. Army
August 13, 1939 – October 16, 1967
Service recordBernard Francis Jones, of Coalton, West Virginia, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on October 16, 1967, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 15
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Ranger, Operations And Training Staff Officer (G3,a3,s3) (82162)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- August 13, 1939
- Home of record
- Coalton, West Virginia (Randolph County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 16, 1967
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date October 16, 1967; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 15
- RICHARD DUANE APPELHANSMajor · October 16, 1967
- MICHAEL FINLAY FIELDMajor · October 16, 1967
- LEE ROY HODGESStaff Sergeant · October 16, 1967
- HARVEY RICKERT HOWARDSpecialist Four · October 16, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ROGER ELLIS JARVISSergeant First Class · Panel 28E, Line 13
- LEE ROY HODGESStaff Sergeant · Panel 28E, Line 15
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.