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GEORGE EMERSON JONES
First Lieutenant · U.S. Air Force
January 26, 1942 – July 7, 1967
Service recordGeorge Emerson Jones, of Aberdeen, Mississippi, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on July 7, 1967, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 29
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Navigator-Bombardier (1525D)
- Born
- January 26, 1942
- Home of record
- Aberdeen, Mississippi (Monroe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 7, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date July 7, 1967. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 29
- KENNETH BRIAN KOOSERCorporal · July 7, 1967
- ROBERT JOSEPH KUBINCIAKPrivate First Class · July 7, 1967
- RICHARD HENRY LOPEZLance Corporal · July 7, 1967
- PETER MOSKOSCorporal · July 7, 1967
From Aberdeen
- CLYDE GARTH JRPrivate First Class · October 26, 1968
- JAMES AMMONS WOODRUFFPrivate First Class · June 1, 1969
- ROGER THOMAS GUESTSergeant · August 26, 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.