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BRUCE DALE JONES
Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
January 14, 1952 – March 9, 1972
Service recordBruce Dale Jones, of Evergreen, Alabama, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on March 9, 1972, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 114 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 114
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- January 14, 1952
- Home of record
- Evergreen, Alabama (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 9, 1972
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date March 9, 1972; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In March 1972, 69 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 114
- RAYMOND F ANTHONY JRLieutenant Colonel · March 8, 1972
- JOHN EDWARD GREENECaptain · March 13, 1972
- ARTHUR HANS HARDYCaptain · March 14, 1972
- GAVIN WILLIAM PILTONMajor · March 15, 1972
From Evergreen
- JAMES ROBERT HAMMONDSCorporal · May 1, 1968
- DWAYNE LAMONT SALTERLance Corporal · August 22, 1968
- WILLIAM MICHAEL FIELDSSergeant · May 12, 1969
- FRANK DEMON SALTERSpecialist Four · May 19, 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.