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CARL ALVIN JONES
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 12, 1948 – January 1, 1969
Service recordCarl Alvin Jones, of Mcclure, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 1, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 16
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
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 12, 1948
- Home of record
- Mcclure, Pennsylvania (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 1, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date January 1, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 16
- WAYNE LINDSAY HAWESSpecialist Four · January 1, 1969
- KEVIN MICHAEL HURLEYCorporal · January 1, 1969
- ISABELO JIMENEZ-GONZALEZSpecialist Four · January 1, 1969
- THOMAS F JOURDANAIS JRPrivate First Class · January 1, 1969
From Mcclure
- WILLIAM FOSTER HOOK JRPrivate First Class · August 1, 1968
- LEROY HENRY ROMIGPrivate First Class · December 11, 1968
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.