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ERVIN JONES
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 16, 1947 – July 6, 1969
Service recordErvin Jones, of Tallahassee, Florida, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 6, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 70
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- June 16, 1947
- Home of record
- Tallahassee, Florida (Leon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 6, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date July 6, 1969; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 21W, Line 70
- THOMAS RICHARD DWYERCorporal · July 6, 1969
- KAYLE DEAN HENDERSONSergeant · July 6, 1969
- LARRY HOWARD JOHNSONSergeant · July 6, 1969
- GOLSBY KIMBROUGH JRSergeant · July 6, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RONALD WILLIAM CARDONAStaff Sergeant · Panel 21W, Line 69
- GOLSBY KIMBROUGH JRSergeant · Panel 21W, Line 70
- JERRY WAYNE SPEARSCorporal · Panel 21W, Line 71
From Tallahassee
- JACK MCBRIDE LISLESergeant First Class · January 1, 1963
- CLAYTON LEON CRUCEPrivate · June 21, 1965
- JOHN RICHARD BALLARDFirst Lieutenant · August 29, 1966
- WILLIAM EDWARD JOHNSONCaptain · October 6, 1966
- DOYLE WELLS REEVESLance Corporal · March 11, 1967
- MARVIN ZION BROCK JRCorporal · April 16, 1967
- JERRY GRANT INGRAMPrivate First Class · September 27, 1967
- ELZIE EUGENE SAMUELSPrivate First Class · October 2, 1967
- OSCAR LEE THOMASPrivate First Class · November 26, 1967
- DANNY WADE ALDAYHospitalman · June 14, 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.