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GEORGE WALLACE JONES
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 20, 1945 – December 22, 1966
Service recordGeorge Wallace Jones, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 22, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 72
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 20, 1945
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 22, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date December 22, 1966. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 117 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 72
- PHILLIP HOWARD HESSLance Corporal · December 22, 1966
- JAMES SHELTON HOLLISPrivate First Class · December 22, 1966
- BILLY WAYNE LAMBSpecialist Four · December 22, 1966
- RENOLD WILLIAM PETERSONPrivate First Class · December 22, 1966
Same unit, same day
- GERALD LYNN GOODENPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 71
- JAMES SHELTON HOLLISPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 72
- RENOLD WILLIAM PETERSONPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 72
- JOHN LEONARD SCHMECKERSpecialist Four · Panel 13E, Line 73
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 1965
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.