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CHARLES ALEXANDER JONES
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
March 6, 1940 – May 22, 1969
Service recordCharles Alexander Jones, of Tulare, California, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 22, 1969, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 75
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- March 6, 1940
- Home of record
- Tulare, California (Tulare County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 22, 1969
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date May 22, 1969; he was the only one lost in Kien Hoa Province that day. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 75
- JOHNNY MANUEL CRUZSpecialist Four · May 22, 1969
- DAVID JAMES EWINGSpecialist Five · May 22, 1969
- ULYSSES C HASSELLSpecialist Four · May 22, 1969
- JERRY WAYNE HESKETTSergeant · May 22, 1969
From Tulare
- REYNALDO CASTIL HERNANDEZPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- FRED CONTRERAS NUNEZStaff Sergeant · October 3, 1967
- WILLIAM O SAUNDERS JRPrivate First Class · January 13, 1968
- ALVIN RAY BROWNSpecialist Four · February 26, 1968
- LEONARD LONGHospitalman · March 26, 1968
- DENNIS EDWARD PURCELLPrivate First Class · April 26, 1968
- DAVID ANDREW JACKSONSpecialist Four · May 24, 1968
- PILAR JOSEPH CUELLARPrivate First Class · October 26, 1968
- JAMES EDWARD WELLSPrivate First Class · February 25, 1969
- KEITH WAYNE LARIMERSpecialist Four · June 19, 1969
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.