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DAVIES LEE JONES
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 5, 1945 – September 11, 1967
Service recordDavies Lee Jones, of Lorman, Mississippi, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 11, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 56
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 5, 1945
- Home of record
- Lorman, Mississippi (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 11, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date September 11, 1967; five of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 56
- CHARLES ALLEN JOHNSONCorporal · September 11, 1967
- BRICEY ELROD LAMBSecond Lieutenant · September 11, 1967
- RICHARD ROCCO MULLINLance Corporal · September 11, 1967
- NELSON DENFIELD NEALSergeant · September 11, 1967
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL THOMAS FINCHPrivate First Class · Panel 26E, Line 55
- STEPHEN ROMO FORDPrivate First Class · Panel 26E, Line 55
- WILLIE JAMES PAYNESergeant First Class · Panel 26E, Line 55
- EMERY CAPERS SULLIVAN IIICorporal · Panel 26E, Line 58
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.