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FRANK WARREN JONES
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
October 7, 1946 – June 30, 1968
Service recordFrank Warren Jones, of Claymont, Delaware, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on June 30, 1968, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 54W, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54W · Line 24
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- October 7, 1946
- Home of record
- Claymont, Delaware (New Castle County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 30, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date June 30, 1968; two of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 54W, Line 24
- DONALD HICKSSpecialist Four · June 30, 1968
- WILLIAM GERARD KANE JRFirst Lieutenant · June 30, 1968
- WAYNE WOOD KNUPPSpecialist Four · June 30, 1968
- JOHN DEE POWELL JRLance Corporal · June 30, 1968
- PAUL P ZYLKOPrivate First Class · June 30, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM C WHITEHEAD JRMajor · Panel 54W, Line 22
From Claymont
- ROBERT DAVID ALEXANDERPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- LLOYD J DOWNSSergeant First Class · June 19, 1969
- MICHAEL JOHN RODOWICZLance Corporal · October 25, 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.