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GEORGE EDWARD JONES JR
Technical Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
February 12, 1931 – January 25, 1967
Service recordGeorge Edward Jones JR, of Bridgeport, Connecticut, served as a Technical Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on January 25, 1967, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 77
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Technical Sergeant (TSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- February 12, 1931
- Home of record
- Bridgeport, Connecticut (Fairfield County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 25, 1967
- Age
- 35
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date January 25, 1967. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 77
- CRAIG STEPHEN SHELTONPrivate First Class · January 25, 1967
- FREDERICK AUGUSTAS SIMSPetty Officer First Class · January 25, 1967
- FRANK J SOMERSStaff Sergeant · January 25, 1967
- WILBUR THOMAS STAIRMajor · January 25, 1967
From Bridgeport
- ISAIAH MULWEE JRPrivate First Class · February 23, 1966
- LESTER ROBERT ATHERDENLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- ANTONINE GEORGE KOCIPERPrivate First Class · May 3, 1966
- JOSEPH WILLIAM AUBINChief Petty Officer · May 26, 1966
- GEORGE RICHARD FITZGERALDSecond Lieutenant · September 17, 1966
- FRANK DEBERNARDO JRChief Petty Officer · November 16, 1966
- WILLIAM D CARSONStaff Sergeant · December 25, 1966
- JOHN JAMES KATONA JRHospitalman · June 2, 1967
- FRANK RUDOLPH FROST IIISenior Chief Petty Officer · June 11, 1967
- JUAN ANTONIO VELEZAirman · July 29, 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.