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CHARLES RAY JONES
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 29, 1948 – May 24, 1969
Service recordCharles Ray Jones, of Calhoun City, Mississippi, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 24, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 95
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- June 29, 1948
- Home of record
- Calhoun City, Mississippi (Calhoun County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 24, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date May 24, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 178 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 95
- ALLEN MICHAEL GRAFFSergeant · May 24, 1969
- ORVILLE HAMPTONSergeant First Class · May 24, 1969
- DAVID ALLEN HARGENSPrivate First Class · May 24, 1969
- GEORGE HOSKINS JRPrivate · May 24, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GARY CHESTER TOWLECorporal · Panel 24W, Line 99
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.