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CHARLES CLIFTON JONES
Major · U.S. Army
January 16, 1935 – May 1, 1967
Service recordCharles Clifton Jones, of San Antonio, Texas, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on May 1, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 6
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 335 AVN CO 145 AVN BN 12 AVN GRP 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- January 16, 1935
- Home of record
- San Antonio, Texas (Bexar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 1, 1967
- Age
- 32
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date May 1, 1967. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “335 AVN CO 145 AVN BN 12 AVN GRP 1 AVN BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 6
- LAURENCE ALAN INSELSergeant · May 1, 1967
- JOHN DUANE LEGGSecond Lieutenant · May 1, 1967
- JOSEPH PRICE LIPTONLance Corporal · May 1, 1967
- CHARLES EUGENE MILLERSpecialist Four · May 1, 1967
Same unit, same day
- EWELL EDGEL ACORDStaff Sergeant · Panel 19E, Line 2
- LEYBURN W BROCKWELL JRLieutenant Colonel · Panel 19E, Line 3
- JOHN MICHEAL ANDREWSWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 19E, Line 4
- LEWIS JOHN FOGLERPrivate First Class · Panel 19E, Line 5
- JOHN DUANE LEGGSecond Lieutenant · Panel 19E, Line 6
- PEDRO ORTIZSpecialist Four · Panel 19E, Line 7
From San Antonio
- JOHN DUARTEPrivate First Class · January 20, 1963
- ROBERT LOUIS RAGSDALESecond Lieutenant · June 26, 1964
- DELBERT LEE VAUGHN JRStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- ARTHUR DALE BAKERMajor · April 7, 1965
- JESSE RODRIQUEZ ACOSTAStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- RUDOLPH VILLALP HERNANDEZPrivate · July 7, 1965
- VIRGIL GALAN CRUZLance Corporal · September 28, 1965
- ROBERT WAYNE WRANOSKYCaptain · December 7, 1965
- BILLIE JACK CARTWRIGHTCaptain · December 12, 1965
- JOSE ANTONIO GUTIERREZSpecialist Four · January 28, 1966
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.