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DANNY LEE JONES
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 8, 1948 – February 3, 1970
Service recordDanny Lee Jones, of Memphis, Tennessee, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 3, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 98 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 98
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 8, 1948
- Home of record
- Memphis, Tennessee (Shelby County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 3, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date February 3, 1970; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 54 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 98
- J M CHILDRESSPrivate First Class · February 3, 1970
- LARRY EDWARD NEWMANPrivate First Class · February 3, 1970
- ERNEST ARBALLO RIVERA JRGunnery Sergeant · February 3, 1970
- WALLACE A STOCKSTILL JRPrivate · February 3, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JESSE CARL CREEKMOREStaff Sergeant · Panel 14W, Line 97
- LARRY EDWARD NEWMANPrivate First Class · Panel 14W, Line 98
- CHARLES HENRY WRIGHTPrivate First Class · Panel 14W, Line 99
From Memphis
- JESSE ALEXANDER GRAYSergeant First Class · June 12, 1964
- ANDREW DAYTON PARKER JRMajor · June 18, 1965
- JOHN CARLOS HARRISSergeant · July 21, 1965
- WALTER LEWIS SMITHPrivate First Class · August 19, 1965
- CLAUDE TALBERT JRPrivate First Class · October 8, 1965
- WILLIAM CLYDE HARPERSergeant · October 10, 1965
- DANIEL DAVID HARDENSergeant · November 1, 1965
- RANDLE TOM WOODSLance Corporal · November 6, 1965
- KELLY EUGENE WHITAKERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MELVIN FRANK FORTSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
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.