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CHARLES A JONES
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 11, 1948 – August 8, 1967
Service recordCharles A Jones, of Charleston Heights, South Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 8, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 91
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 162 AHC
- Born
- October 11, 1948
- Home of record
- Charleston Heights, South Carolina (Charleston County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 8, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date August 8, 1967. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 91
- JOHN RICHARD FREILING JRSpecialist Four · August 8, 1967
- ROBERT IVAN KLOOTWYKLance Corporal · August 8, 1967
- ROBERT THOMAS LOHMANPrivate First Class · August 8, 1967
- SOTORIOS MILTON MARGARITISCorporal · August 8, 1967
From Charleston Heights
- JOSEPH LEVERN RABONPrivate First Class · November 21, 1966
- JOHN HENRY GARNERPetty Officer Third Class · May 29, 1967
- HERBERT WIGFALL JRPrivate First Class · June 15, 1967
- LAWRENCE W WILSONSpecialist Four · July 7, 1967
- WILLIAM DANIEL SEASEMaster Sergeant · September 8, 1967
- CLYDE A RHINEHARTSergeant · February 11, 1968
- WAYNE WOOD KNUPPSpecialist Four · June 30, 1968
- ARTHUR LEE WARNERSpecialist Four · December 3, 1968
- STEVEN LEROY PESSIERSergeant · September 4, 1969
- RONALD DALE PATECorporal · February 5, 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.