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BILLY JOE JONES
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
July 31, 1950 – May 21, 1971
Service recordBilly Joe Jones, of Tateville, Kentucky, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on May 21, 1971, in Ninh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 45
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Cable Splicer (36E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 SIGNAL BDE
- Born
- July 31, 1950
- Home of record
- Tateville, Kentucky (Pulaski County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 21, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Ninh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date May 21, 1971; he was the only one lost in Ninh Thuan Province that day. In May 1971, 202 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 SIGNAL BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 45
- COLUMBUS VIRGLE GROSSSergeant · May 21, 1971
- BILLY DALE HERRINGSergeant · May 21, 1971
- WILLIAM HAROLD HJORTHSpecialist Four · May 21, 1971
- WILLIAM CLARENCE JENNINGSSergeant First Class · May 21, 1971
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.