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EMANUEL JONES JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 26, 1947 – June 12, 1969
Service recordEmanuel Jones JR, of Chattanooga, Tennessee, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 12, 1969, in Vinh Binh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 33
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- February 26, 1947
- Home of record
- Chattanooga, Tennessee (Hamilton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 12, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Vinh Binh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date June 12, 1969; three of them were lost in Vinh Binh Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 33
- GREY LYNN HAGINSSpecialist Four · June 12, 1969
- TERRY RANDALL JOHNSTONSpecialist Four · June 12, 1969
- BENJAMIN F LEWIS JRStaff Sergeant · June 12, 1969
- TERRY WAYNE LOVETTPrivate First Class · June 12, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL ALLAN FULLERPrivate First Class · Panel 22W, Line 32
- JAKE OSBORNEPrivate First Class · Panel 22W, Line 35
From Chattanooga
- JIMMY RICHARD GRIFFINSergeant · March 22, 1963
- GEORGE WILLIS MARTINSergeant First Class · October 11, 1964
- ARTHUR EUGENE NORMANAirman Second Class · January 16, 1965
- GLENN HOWELL KELLEYSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- JAMES T GRAYSergeant · April 24, 1965
- VIRGIL KIRKLAND JRSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- KENNETH LEON STANCILChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 28, 1965
- ELIJAH GOAR TOLLETT JRMajor · January 12, 1966
- RAPHNELL J MERONEYSergeant · January 29, 1966
- BILLY BROWN DAYPrivate · February 22, 1966
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.