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FREDDIE LEE JONES
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 28, 1948 – May 13, 1968
Service recordFreddie Lee Jones, of Houston, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 13, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 59E, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 59E · 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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- December 28, 1948
- Home of record
- Houston, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 13, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
101 names on the Wall carry the date May 13, 1968; six of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 103 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 59E, Line 24
- ABRAHAM JACKSONSpecialist Four · May 13, 1968
- BOBBY JAMESSergeant · May 13, 1968
- VINCENT EARL JENKINSPrivate First Class · May 13, 1968
- PAUL RODRIGUEZ LOZANOSpecialist Four · May 13, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RALPH ROLAND BLACKSpecialist Four · Panel 59E, Line 17
- SAMUEL GERALD CONNELLYPrivate First Class · Panel 59E, Line 19
- TOMMY LEE HANKISONSpecialist Four · Panel 59E, Line 22
- FRANK JOSEPH MAKUHSpecialist Four · Panel 59E, Line 26
- TIMOTHY JOSEPH NODENSergeant · Panel 59E, Line 28
From Houston
- JOSEPH MICHAEL FAHEY JRCaptain · February 11, 1962
- JOHN F SHAUGHNESSY JRCaptain · February 3, 1963
- RICHARD DALE HILLAirman Second Class · December 6, 1963
- HUGHIE DARELL ADAMSMajor · January 7, 1964
- ALBERT LAWRENCE SHIMEKPrivate First Class · April 10, 1964
- BYRON CLARK STONECaptain · August 20, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD HAVEMANNWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1964
- ROBERT GRAHAM BELLMajor · May 16, 1965
- LEROY ANTHONY BOURGEOISPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT FILMORE BATSONSergeant · August 18, 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.