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GARY BLAINE JONES
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 11, 1944 – November 28, 1967
Service recordGary Blaine Jones, of Evansville, Indiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 28, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 101 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 101
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- May 11, 1944
- Home of record
- Evansville, Indiana (Vanderburgh County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 28, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date November 28, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30E, Line 101
- WILLIAM GARY HALLCorporal · November 28, 1967
- DONALD WILLIAM KEMBLE IVFirst Lieutenant · November 28, 1967
- PAUL AUSTIN LEONARDPrivate First Class · November 28, 1967
- DON N MAYHUESpecialist Four · November 28, 1967
From Evansville
- DAVID EUGENE GILLCorporal · September 2, 1965
- GERALD THOMAS JENKINSSpecialist Four · November 23, 1965
- WILLIAM L ARMSTRONGSpecialist Four · February 6, 1966
- GENE EDMOND DAVISChief Master Sergeant · March 13, 1966
- CHARLES DOYLE OGLESBYSpecialist Four · April 11, 1966
- THOMAS MICHAEL KOCHPrivate First Class · May 28, 1966
- DAVID EMERSON HALLLance Corporal · August 16, 1966
- LEWIS ELI BONNIESergeant First Class · November 8, 1966
- MICHAEL EARL DENTPrivate First Class · December 17, 1966
- CHARLES ALBERT MCDANIELSPrivate First Class · March 20, 1967
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.