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DONALD EUGENE JONES
Corporal · U.S. Army
April 27, 1945 – March 19, 1967
Service recordDonald Eugene Jones, of Kewanee, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 19, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 112 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 112
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 27, 1945
- Home of record
- Kewanee, Illinois (Henry County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 19, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date March 19, 1967; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 120 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 112
- BARNEY JOE KELLYSpecialist Four · March 19, 1967
- ROBERT LEWIS LINN JRPrivate First Class · March 19, 1967
- DEAN CHARLES LOEGERINGPrivate First Class · March 19, 1967
- PEDRO MARROQUIN JRSpecialist Four · March 19, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JAMES R CURRANSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 111
- ALFRED JUDSON FORCE MOODYBrigadier General · Panel 16E, Line 113
- JAMES PATRICK NAILENPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 114
From Kewanee
- JAMES LAYMAN VERHELSTLance Corporal · March 26, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD WERDERMANLance Corporal · June 18, 1967
- DAN E BRYANPrivate First Class · February 8, 1968
- WARREN ROBERT ORR JRCaptain · May 12, 1968
- MARTIN JOSEPH RAPCZAKSergeant · May 23, 1968
- ALLAN CAMERON BENSONSpecialist Four · May 12, 1969
- CHARLES IRVIN MITCHELLPrivate First Class · November 21, 1969
- RODNEY ROBERT ROGERSHospitalman · January 9, 1970
- ALAN CHARLES DECRAENEFirst Lieutenant · February 16, 1970
- WILLIAM MARSHALL PRICEFirst Lieutenant · October 12, 1972
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.