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DAVID LAWRENCE JONES
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 19, 1947 – May 16, 1970
Service recordDavid Lawrence Jones, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 16, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 51
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- April 19, 1947
- Home of record
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 16, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date May 16, 1970; six of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 170 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 51
- DAVID WILLIAM HENSELSergeant · May 16, 1970
- DOUGLAS ERNEST HOBBSPetty Officer Second Class · May 16, 1970
- WALTER LEE HUFFMANCorporal · May 16, 1970
- SIDNEY KEITH KOGERLance Corporal · May 16, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DAVID LYN CHRISTOPHERSONCorporal · Panel 10W, Line 48
- GERALD CLINTON MAUNEYSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 49
- NEAL RAY FRANKSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 50
- JOHN ROY MARIANICorporal · Panel 10W, Line 52
- BILLY RAY MCCULLOUGHSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 53
From Pittsburgh
- CLEVELAND WILLIAM GORDONMajor · January 7, 1964
- THEODORE ALAN WINOWITCHPrivate First Class · December 30, 1964
- CHARLES FREDRICK CLYDESDALELieutenant (junior grade) · March 15, 1965
- WILLIAM DONAVAN BENNINGStaff Sergeant · May 11, 1965
- FRANK HUFFORD BLANKSergeant · August 18, 1965
- JOHN L JEMISONPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- FRANK JOSEPH NADANY JRSergeant First Class · October 31, 1965
- RUSSELL EARL HAMMONDSergeant First Class · November 5, 1965
- HARRY FRANCIS JEDRZEJEWSKIPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- RONALD JOSEPH LOERLEINSergeant · November 25, 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.