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BYRON NORRIS JONES
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 22, 1947 – April 12, 1968
Service recordByron Norris Jones, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 12, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 49E, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49E · Line 33
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Communications Center Specialist (72B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 22, 1947
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 12, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date April 12, 1968; six of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 189 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 49E, Line 33
- GARY R HOLLANDPrivate First Class · April 12, 1968
- BENNIE FRANK HUMPHRIESPrivate First Class · April 12, 1968
- RICHARD WADE JOLESSpecialist Five · April 12, 1968
- DWAYNE CHARLES MCCLURESpecialist Four · April 12, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DONALD JOE BOAZPrivate First Class · Panel 49E, Line 29
- CARL LEONARD CARLSONPrivate First Class · Panel 49E, Line 29
- JACK WAYNE HESSSpecialist Four · Panel 49E, Line 32
- MICHAEL WESLEY MILLERPrivate First Class · Panel 49E, Line 34
- JONES EUGENE TOMLINSONPrivate First Class · Panel 49E, Line 37
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 1965
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.