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GARY LEE JONES
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 3, 1945 – February 4, 1967
Service recordGary Lee Jones, of Maywood, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 4, 1967, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 117 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 117
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A CO 39 ENG BN 45 ENG GRP
- Born
- May 3, 1945
- Home of record
- Maywood, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 4, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date February 4, 1967; he was the only one lost in Phu Yen Province that day. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 117
- WILLIAM DON DAUGHERTYPrivate First Class · February 4, 1967
- CHARLES SUTHERLAND HYMERSFirst Lieutenant · February 4, 1967
- KENT LEROY JOHNSTONECorporal · February 4, 1967
- LARRY EUGENE LEECorporal · February 4, 1967
From Maywood
- THOMAS EARL CONNERPrivate First Class · March 8, 1966
- WILLIAM MICHAEL GEIERSpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
- LARRY ANTHONY HARTIGANHospitalman · February 23, 1969
- EARL THOMAS PEARSON JRPrivate First Class · November 10, 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.