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GARY C JONES
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
March 24, 1943 – February 9, 1968
Service recordGary C Jones, of East Point, Georgia, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 9, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 38E, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38E · Line 53
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 24, 1943
- Home of record
- East Point, Georgia (Fulton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 9, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
107 names on the Wall carry the date February 9, 1968; four of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 232 of its members that month.
He died in Gia Dinh Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 38E, Line 53
- DAVID RUSSELL JONESLance Corporal · February 9, 1968
- MARK SAMUEL KAYESpecialist Four · February 9, 1968
- RONALD NORMAN KELLERPetty Officer Third Class · February 9, 1968
- MICHAEL GEORGE KINDREDPrivate First Class · February 9, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN R BARFIELDSpecialist Four · Panel 38E, Line 44
- BONNIE LEE COLEMANSergeant · Panel 38E, Line 47
- GARY DAVID HOLLANDPrivate First Class · Panel 38E, Line 51
- WALTER RAYMOND MCDONALDPrivate First Class · Panel 38E, Line 56
- RAYMOND JESUS PALACIOSpecialist Four · Panel 38E, Line 58
- JACK CHARLES PLAHNPrivate First Class · Panel 38E, Line 59
- WALTER RAYMOND WASCHICKPrivate First Class · Panel 38E, Line 63
From East Point
- WILBUR DEAN RAINWATERPrivate First Class · September 16, 1966
- JOHN DUFF GAYMANPrivate First Class · December 10, 1966
- ROBERT LEWIS BROWNChief Petty Officer · January 26, 1967
- JAMES EUGENE MILLIRONSCorporal · June 2, 1967
- BOBBY HORACE SORRELLSStaff Sergeant · July 20, 1967
- RALPH EDWARD MANNINGAirman · July 29, 1967
- PASCHAL GLENN BOGGSMajor · August 27, 1967
- LEWIS LEONARD SLOANPrivate · November 16, 1967
- CHARLES REMBERT WYATTFirst Lieutenant · August 24, 1968
- JAMES DEAN HOAGCaptain · June 19, 1969
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.