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DOUGLAS LEE JONES
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
November 4, 1941 – October 12, 1966
Service recordDouglas Lee Jones, of Erwin, Tennessee, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 12, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 68
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
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- November 4, 1941
- Home of record
- Erwin, Tennessee (Unicoi County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 12, 1966
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date October 12, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 11E, Line 68
- FRANK CALLIHAN ELKINSCommander · October 12, 1966
- LAWRENCE CAMERON FREEPrivate First Class · October 12, 1966
- DAVID HAROLD FREEMANSergeant · October 12, 1966
- JOHN DUDLEY GOODPrivate First Class · October 12, 1966
Same unit, same day
- DAVID HAROLD FREEMANSergeant · Panel 11E, Line 68
From Erwin
- RICHARD WAYNE BANNISTERPrivate First Class · December 27, 1967
- DAVID LEE EDNEYSpecialist Four · March 13, 1968
- ALLEN EUGENE WHITELance Corporal · November 30, 1968
- JAMES JAY BRITTCorporal · December 31, 1968
- DONALD LEE GRUBBPrivate First Class · July 8, 1969
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.