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EVERETT SORRELL JONES
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 21, 1939 – May 9, 1968
Service recordEverett Sorrell Jones, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 9, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 57E, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 57E · Line 23
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 21, 1939
- Home of record
- Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 9, 1968
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
127 names on the Wall carry the date May 9, 1968; 18 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 151 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 57E, Line 23
- ROBERT EARL HARRISCorporal · May 9, 1968
- QUENTIN HAYESSpecialist Four · May 9, 1968
- LAMONTE VAN HORSLEYCorporal · May 9, 1968
- PRESTON LEE HOWELLSergeant · May 9, 1968
Same unit, same day
- BOYCE RAY DICKCorporal · Panel 57E, Line 19
- PRESTON LEE HOWELLSergeant · Panel 57E, Line 23
- TIMOTHY WAYNE KELLERSpecialist Four · Panel 57E, Line 25
- CHARLES ALLISON LOTTPrivate First Class · Panel 57E, Line 27
- JORDAN JAY OZANNEPrivate First Class · Panel 57E, Line 30
- WALTER JOSEPH WILLIAMS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 58E, Line 3
From Baltimore
- EVERETTE LEROY DONALDSONPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM EDWARD FOWLERLance Corporal · July 9, 1965
- FRANK ROBERT SAXONLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- JAMES MCKINLEY LONGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- THOMAS JAMES SCHINDLERSergeant · October 5, 1965
- SAMUEL L HOLMANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD DEANE OTTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ODELL VAUGHANStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ANTHONY WATSONSecond Lieutenant · December 4, 1965
- PHILIP JAMES MCCARTHYSergeant · December 5, 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.