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GRANDVILLE R JONES JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 26, 1941 – December 5, 1965
Service recordGrandville R Jones JR, of Charlottesville, Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 5, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 128 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 128
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- May 26, 1941
- Home of record
- Charlottesville, Virginia (Charlottesville (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 5, 1965
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
49 names on the Wall carry the date December 5, 1965. In December 1965, 326 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3E, Line 128
- NORMAN WALLACE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- JERRY BERNIS JOHNSTONPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- LEONARD ALEXANDER JONESSpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
- GEORGE EDWARD JOYCEPrivate · December 5, 1965
Same unit, same day
- DOUGLAS VERNON ANDREPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 125
- STEVEN HESS BOYERPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 125
- DAVID LEE BRODEURPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 125
- FREDERICK FRANK CADILLESpecialist Four · Panel 3E, Line 125
- MORRIS FREDERICK DIBBLEPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 126
- GEORGE JOE BU EISENBERGERSergeant · Panel 3E, Line 126
- RICHARD MICHAEL FACONDINIPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 126
- HENRY GENTRY JRPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 126
- ROBERT GOINESSergeant · Panel 3E, Line 126
- JAMES GRAHAMSpecialist Four · Panel 3E, Line 127
- JOHN PRESTON GREENESpecialist Four · Panel 3E, Line 127
- MICHAEL ALFRED GRUBERPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 127
- JORGE M JARAMILLOPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 127
- NORMAN WALLACE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 128
- JERRY BERNIS JOHNSTONPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 128
- LEONARD ALEXANDER JONESSpecialist Four · Panel 3E, Line 128
- GEORGE EDWARD JOYCEPrivate · Panel 3E, Line 128
- RAYMOND EARL KELLEMSSpecialist Five · Panel 3E, Line 129
- RICHARD KILLENSSpecialist Four · Panel 3E, Line 129
- PATRICK WILLMER KINGSpecialist Four · Panel 3E, Line 129
- CZESLAW KOWALCZYKStaff Sergeant · Panel 3E, Line 129
- ONEAL LEGETTESpecialist Four · Panel 3E, Line 130
- MCGEARY LITTLEJOHNSpecialist Four · Panel 3E, Line 130
- JAMES ESKEL LOFGRENStaff Sergeant · Panel 3E, Line 130
From Charlottesville
- JOHN DEVON TYLERSergeant · July 21, 1966
- ERSKINE BUFORD WILDEPrivate First Class · July 27, 1966
- HARVEY MULHAUSERCaptain · January 31, 1967
- DOUGLAS DELANO WALLACEPrivate First Class · April 29, 1967
- HOWARD ESLIE HOLLARPrivate First Class · March 6, 1968
- ROBERT EDWARD MARSHALLWarrant Officer · November 25, 1968
- JAMES MARION KARDOSPrivate First Class · September 4, 1969
- CHARLES KING BUTLERFirst Lieutenant · December 28, 1969
- ROBERT HOYT RUGGLESPrivate First Class · January 21, 1970
- RICHARD THOMAS CARTERSpecialist Four · January 23, 1970
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.