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BILLY CHARLES JONES
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 10, 1942 – January 21, 1967
Service recordBilly Charles Jones, of Okmulgee, Oklahoma, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 21, 1967, in Binh Thuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 63
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 10, 1942
- Home of record
- Okmulgee, Oklahoma (Okmulgee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 21, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Thuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date January 21, 1967; two of them were lost in Binh Thuy Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 63
- GEORGE BRYANT GIVENS JRLance Corporal · February 22, 1966
- JIMMY DALE HESSONSpecialist Four · January 21, 1967
- JERRY FRANKS HOGANLieutenant Commander · January 21, 1967
- WILLIAM ARCHIE JONES JRPrivate First Class · January 21, 1967
- GEORGE LOWMajor · January 21, 1967
Same unit, same day
- HERBERT ERNEST FRENZELLPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 62
From Okmulgee
- HERMAN HIRAM RITCHIECaptain · January 13, 1966
- JAMES PHILLIP MCELHANNONLance Corporal · April 6, 1966
- RICHARD TARKINGTON JRSpecialist Four · February 16, 1967
- RUSSELL FORREST KECKCorporal · May 18, 1967
- RUDY YORK CHALAKEEPrivate · March 10, 1968
- PAUL ARTHUR BOGUSKISpecialist Four · June 19, 1968
- VENCEN ACKERSONSergeant First Class · March 4, 1969
- JIMMIE CHARLES SCROGUMSergeant · July 9, 1969
- MICHAEL SIDNEY MCNEILLAirman First Class · December 5, 1972
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.