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CLARENCE JONES
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 7, 1947 – May 30, 1968
Service recordClarence Jones, of Batesville, Mississippi, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 30, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 63W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 63W · Line 17
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)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- March 7, 1947
- Home of record
- Batesville, Mississippi (Panola County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 30, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date May 30, 1968; eight of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 99 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 63W, Line 17
- MARSHALL D JOHNSONStaff Sergeant · May 30, 1968
- MICHAEL ARNOLD JOSEPHSergeant · May 30, 1968
- THOMAS WILLIAM KEMPPrivate First Class · May 30, 1968
- JAMES GEORGE LAFLEURPrivate First Class · May 30, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES LEON BATESSpecialist Four · Panel 63W, Line 14
- CHARLES EDWARD JACKSONPrivate First Class · Panel 63W, Line 16
- CLEM SPENCER LOWERY JRSergeant · Panel 63W, Line 16
- MARSHALL D JOHNSONStaff Sergeant · Panel 63W, Line 17
- GREGORY RANDOLPH JOHNSONSpecialist Four · Panel 63W, Line 18
- PAUL EVERETT SCHIEVESpecialist Four · Panel 62W, Line 1
- ANDREW KUNG YOUNGFirst Lieutenant · Panel 62W, Line 3
From Batesville
- HAYZELL CALVIN TURNERSpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- JOHNNY LEE ROBINSONCorporal · December 28, 1967
- CHARLES WATSON WILLINGHAMSpecialist Four · October 5, 1968
- WILLIE CLYDE KUYKENDALLPrivate First Class · August 18, 1971
- JIMMIE DAVID HINTONSpecialist Five · September 7, 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.