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FREDDIE DAVID JONES SR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 13, 1936 – March 20, 1967
Service recordFreddie David Jones SR, of Louisville, Kentucky, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 20, 1967, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 126 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 126
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- January 13, 1936
- Home of record
- Louisville, Kentucky (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 20, 1967
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date March 20, 1967; 11 of them were lost in Long An Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 126
- DAVID WILLIAM ROBERTSPrivate First Class · March 20, 1967
- JOSE ANTON ROBLES-MIRANDAStaff Sergeant · March 20, 1967
- GEORGE BACON ROSS JRSpecialist Four · March 20, 1967
- OSWALD CLAYTON SOUTH JRSpecialist Four · March 20, 1967
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES WILLIAM BROWN JRSecond Lieutenant · Panel 16E, Line 117
- FRANTZ MARIO BARONSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 118
- JOHN ROBERT CUSHMANSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 120
- THOMAS DUANE DARLINGSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 120
- RAYMUNDO F DEHERRERAStaff Sergeant · Panel 16E, Line 120
- ERWIN JOHN HAARWALDTPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 121
- GARY LYNN HOBBSCaptain · Panel 16E, Line 122
- MICHAEL HENRY JULIANPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 123
- DENNIS RICHARD MORRELLPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 124
- DONALD LEE NEELYSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 124
- OSCAR FRANKLIN NICEWANDERPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 125
- JAMES ROBERT NOVOTNYSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 125
From Louisville
- FERGUS COLEMAN GROVES IICaptain · February 2, 1962
- ROBERT SHERMAN MOSIERSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- DON IRA WILLIAMSONColonel · October 24, 1964
- DONALD GORDON RADCLIFFMajor · August 18, 1965
- LEE ROY JAMESGunnery Sergeant · September 5, 1965
- JERRY DWAYNE UNDERWOODPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- GARY LOUIS DOWELLCorporal · October 27, 1965
- THOMAS EDWARD THAYER JRSergeant Major · November 8, 1965
- BOBBY LEE FAVORSSergeant · February 4, 1966
- KENNETH RUSHPrivate First Class · February 7, 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.