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BOBBY EUGENE JONES
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 20, 1949 – January 30, 1970
Service recordBobby Eugene Jones, of Tarboro, North Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 30, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 81
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 Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- January 20, 1949
- Home of record
- Tarboro, North Carolina (Edgecombe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 30, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date January 30, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 14W, Line 81
- KENNETH ALAN STEWARTLance Corporal · January 17, 1970
- JOHN ALEXANDER SMITHLance Corporal · January 29, 1970
- GARY ALLEN CHESHIREPrivate First Class · January 30, 1970
- CALVIN LEE JOHNSONSpecialist Four · January 30, 1970
- LUIS ANGEL LEBRONCorporal · January 30, 1970
Same unit, same day
- CALVIN LEE JOHNSONSpecialist Four · Panel 14W, Line 81
From Tarboro
- CARL LOUIS DOUGHTIELieutenant (junior grade) · June 10, 1965
- FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT THORPELance Corporal · June 15, 1967
- HOWARD ARNOLD SESSOMSStaff Sergeant · June 21, 1967
- CICERO WHITFIELD JRSpecialist Four · August 22, 1967
- HUGH ELROY BEST IIIFirst Lieutenant · January 29, 1969
- GEORGE ELMER CANNON SRStaff Sergeant · August 6, 1969
- WILLIAM I ALLSBROOK JRPrivate First Class · October 2, 1970
- THOMAS REUBEN BRADLEYSpecialist Four · November 21, 1970
- WILLIAM HASSELL THIGPENFirst Lieutenant · January 16, 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.