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DENNIS KEITH JONES
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 22, 1946 – May 12, 1968
Service recordDennis Keith Jones, of Quincy, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 12, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 59E, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 59E · Line 5
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
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B CO 6 BN 31 INF
- Born
- June 22, 1946
- Home of record
- Quincy, Illinois (Adams County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
97 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1968; 14 of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 59E, Line 5
- JOSEPH HENRY INGRUMPetty Officer Second Class · May 12, 1968
- JOE JOHN JANAKPrivate First Class · May 12, 1968
- STEVEN ANDREW JARRETTFirst Lieutenant · May 12, 1968
- MICHAEL BRUCE JONESPrivate First Class · May 12, 1968
From Quincy
- WILLARD MARION COLLINSCaptain · March 9, 1966
- JOHN CRAIG ARNOLDCorporal · March 20, 1967
- GORDON SAMUEL PERISHOLieutenant Commander · December 31, 1967
- KENNETH ALFRED SPILKERPrivate First Class · January 30, 1968
- MICHAEL EUGENE FORDSpecialist Four · May 25, 1968
- THOMAS MICHAEL WHITFIELDCorporal · November 25, 1968
- RICHARD ELMER ZIMMERMANPrivate First Class · January 12, 1969
- BRADLEY KENT GAUSCorporal · March 16, 1970
- BRUCE HAROLD BARDONPrivate First Class · April 26, 1970
- GEORGE EDWARD FOGLEMANCorporal · May 11, 1970
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.