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CHARLES DONALD JONES
Petty Officer First Class · U.S. Navy
August 20, 1938 – February 19, 1969
Service recordCharles Donald Jones, of Kankakee, Illinois, served as a Petty Officer First Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on February 19, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 60
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer First Class (PO1)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Steelworker (SW)
- Born
- August 20, 1938
- Home of record
- Kankakee, Illinois (Kankakee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 19, 1969
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date February 19, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 60
- JOHN ANDREW KUCICHSpecialist Four · February 19, 1969
- CHARLES REID MAINStaff Sergeant · February 19, 1969
- ABRAEL MALDONADOPrivate First Class · February 19, 1969
- E G MAYS JRLance Corporal · February 19, 1969
From Kankakee
- PATRICK FRANCIS BECKPrivate First Class · August 31, 1965
- RICHARD CROSBY CLARKSpecialist Four · November 18, 1965
- ROBERT CHARLES JOHNSONPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- GENNARO JOSEPH DECARLOCorporal · August 27, 1967
- DEAN PAUL STPIERRECaptain · May 22, 1968
- NELSON LEPORT HORCHEM JRSpecialist Four · March 30, 1969
- PHILIP MICHAEL WERBISKIMajor · August 19, 1969
- EDDIE SAM RANDALL JRSpecialist Four · March 15, 1970
- JIMMY ODENEALPrivate First Class · March 12, 1971
- JEROME EDWARD LEROYSpecialist Four · March 22, 1971
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.