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DONALD ALBERT JONES
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
December 15, 1942 – July 26, 1968
Service recordDonald Albert Jones, of High Point, North Carolina, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 26, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 50W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50W · Line 14
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Armored Reconnaissance Unit Commander (1204)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- December 15, 1942
- Home of record
- High Point, North Carolina (Guilford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 26, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date July 26, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 50W, Line 14
- ROCCO RENELL ISAACLance Corporal · July 26, 1968
- JAMES ROBERT LONGStaff Sergeant · July 26, 1968
- RICHARD CHARLES MANNERYPrivate First Class · July 26, 1968
- RALPH WERNER MCLENDONPrivate First Class · July 26, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT MORRIS CHILDRESSPrivate First Class · Panel 50W, Line 12
- RICHARD CHARLES MANNERYPrivate First Class · Panel 50W, Line 14
From High Point
- CHARLES CLAYBOURN COXSergeant · November 4, 1965
- VICKEY EARL STANLEYPrivate First Class · September 27, 1966
- PHILIP OWEN PARRISHPrivate First Class · June 2, 1967
- JAMES EARL JENKINSPrivate First Class · November 12, 1967
- REMBERT CRAWFORD JRStaff Sergeant · February 5, 1968
- FLOYD TYRONE SPENCERSergeant · March 11, 1968
- HASKER LEE NESBITT JRPrivate First Class · May 19, 1968
- JOHN ULMER MCALISTERStaff Sergeant · May 23, 1968
- MILTON EUGENE FLOWERSCorporal · May 29, 1968
- RONALD LEE MABEPrivate First Class · May 29, 1968
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.