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BOBBY JOE JONES
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 20, 1940 – August 6, 1969
Service recordBobby Joe Jones, of Cartersville, Georgia, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 6, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 102
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Quarrying Specialist (62G)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 103 ENG CO 159 ENG GRP
- Born
- May 20, 1940
- Home of record
- Cartersville, Georgia (Bartow County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 6, 1969
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date August 6, 1969; three of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 102
- GEORGE ELMER CANNON SRStaff Sergeant · August 6, 1969
- STANLEY BERNARD HOJNOWSKISpecialist Four · August 6, 1969
- ROBERT BAILEY HOWARDChief Warrant Officer 2 · August 6, 1969
- MICHAEL DENNIS KELLYStaff Sergeant · August 6, 1969
From Cartersville
- GEORGE A WILSONSergeant · November 17, 1965
- RONALD RICHARDSPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- LORENZA CONNERCaptain · October 27, 1967
- JERRY WAYNE GENTRYPrivate First Class · November 9, 1967
- STANLEY THOMAS BRADLEYSergeant · March 28, 1969
- RICHARD JAMES PICKARDSpecialist Five · May 9, 1969
- BILLY DEAN WEHUNTSpecialist Four · June 10, 1970
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.