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GARY ALLEN JONES
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 2, 1948 – June 6, 1969
Service recordGary Allen Jones, of Ft Worth, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 6, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 88
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 (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 2, 1948
- Home of record
- Ft Worth, Texas (Tarrant County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 6, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
65 names on the Wall carry the date June 6, 1969; 25 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 88
- WILLIE LEE JOESpecialist Four · June 6, 1969
- NOEL FITZROY JOSEPHSSergeant · June 6, 1969
- MICHAEL S LAFROMBOISEFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1969
- DUANE HENRY LANDWEHR JRSecond Lieutenant · June 6, 1969
Same unit, same day
- SAMUEL GAROLD BOSENBARKWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 23W, Line 83
- JOHN ROBERT BRAGGSergeant · Panel 23W, Line 83
- JOSEPH BRESKI JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 23W, Line 83
- WILLIAM LEE BROOKSSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 83
- JAMES FREDERICK PUARIEASergeant · Panel 23W, Line 91
- JOHN DAVID SHARPSergeant · Panel 23W, Line 92
- FRED THOMAS TEALPrivate First Class · Panel 23W, Line 93
- JOHN KIM VOGELSANGPrivate First Class · Panel 23W, Line 94
From Ft Worth
- GEORGE MARKOSCaptain · February 7, 1965
- CHARLES M DANSBYCaptain · April 24, 1965
- JACK WILTON WEATHERBYCaptain · July 29, 1965
- PAUL WAYNE MANSIRPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- JAMES EDWARD THOMASPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- DONALD JAY TANNERLance Corporal · December 4, 1965
- DONALD REY HAWLEYCaptain · December 17, 1965
- OTHA THEANDER THOMPSONCorporal · August 24, 1965
- HARVEY WAYNE JONESPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- LEWIS DOUGLAS BELLMajor · March 5, 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.