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FREDERICK OLEN JONES
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
February 10, 1940 – October 2, 1971
Service recordFrederick Olen Jones, of New Smyrna Beach, Florida, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 2, 1971, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 34
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 First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Military Police (95B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- February 10, 1940
- Home of record
- New Smyrna Beach, Florida (Volusia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 2, 1971
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date October 2, 1971; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In October 1971, 132 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 34
- DAVID LEE HANNSpecialist Four · October 3, 1971
- LARRY WILLIAM CHANEYPrivate First Class · October 4, 1971
- SIDNEY ALLEN COTTRELLSpecialist Four · October 4, 1971
- GARY LEE MIZNERPrivate First Class · October 5, 1971
- JEFFREY RANDALL STOKESPetty Officer Third Class · October 5, 1971
From New Smyrna Beach
- JOHN CHESTER ROBERTSONCorporal · March 22, 1966
- BILLY MAX CRAWFORDMaster Sergeant · November 6, 1966
- RUSSELL ALAN LEFFLERSpecialist Four · April 16, 1967
- KENNETH BRYAN MORRISSergeant · April 28, 1967
- WILLIAM JOSEPH DEUERLINGSergeant · July 10, 1967
- WALTER SAMUEL HATHAWAYSpecialist Four · May 4, 1969
- DANIEL SCANLON BROOKERSergeant · November 15, 1971
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.