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GARY CLAUD JONES
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 18, 1944 – July 20, 1968
Service recordGary Claud Jones, of Graham, Oklahoma, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 20, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 51W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51W · Line 19
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 18, 1944
- Home of record
- Graham, Oklahoma (Carter County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 20, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date July 20, 1968; he was the only one lost in Định Tường Province that day. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51W, Line 19
- DONALD ERNEST HEGGANFirst Lieutenant · July 20, 1968
- BRIAN FRANCIS LEFEVREPrivate First Class · July 20, 1968
- BRUCE ALEN MARRONPrivate First Class · July 20, 1968
- ARTHUR PATRICK MURPHY JRLance Corporal · July 20, 1968
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.