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CHARLES SPENCER JONES
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
December 11, 1938 – February 14, 1969
Service recordCharles Spencer Jones, of Louisa, Kentucky, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on February 14, 1969, in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 32
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Assistant Engineer (562E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- December 11, 1938
- Home of record
- Louisa, Kentucky (Lawrence County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 14, 1969
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Phuoc Tuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date February 14, 1969; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Tuy Province that day. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 32
- ALVIN RAY FRITZCorporal · February 14, 1969
- JOHN MARSHALL HOLLOWAYStaff Sergeant · February 14, 1969
- REGINALD DAVID KINGLance Corporal · February 14, 1969
- THOMAS WILLIAM KUSTABORDERCorporal · February 14, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DAVID LEROY BELLSpecialist Four · Panel 32W, Line 31
- ROGER DALE LEWISPrivate First Class · Panel 32W, Line 35
From Louisa
- ELLSWORTH SWANNPrivate First Class · December 14, 1967
- JIMMY WAYNE HARDWICKCorporal · October 25, 1968
- LARRY GENE RATLIFFPrivate First Class · December 7, 1968
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.