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EARL TIMOTHY JONES
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 24, 1947 – February 29, 1968
Service recordEarl Timothy Jones, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 29, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 42E, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42E · Line 6
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 24, 1947
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 29, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date February 29, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 40 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 42E, Line 6
- CLEVELAND SCOTT HARRISMajor · February 29, 1968
- EDWARD J KAMINSKISergeant First Class · February 29, 1968
- CARL ROBERT LEEDStaff Sergeant · February 29, 1968
- KENNETH CHARLES LOCKWOODSeaman · February 29, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JERROLD PATRICK SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 42E, Line 10
- DARRELL RAYMOND UMHOLTZPrivate First Class · Panel 42E, Line 11
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 1965
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.