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GRAYLAND JONES
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 1, 1950 – November 23, 1969
Service recordGrayland Jones, of Indianapolis, Indiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 23, 1969, in Ninh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 112 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 112
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
- Teletypwriter Repairer (31J)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- September 1, 1950
- Home of record
- Indianapolis, Indiana (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 23, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Ninh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date November 23, 1969; he was the only one lost in Ninh Thuan Province that day. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 16W, Line 112
- ROBERT ANDREW CLEMENTSCaptain · November 23, 1969
- VINCENT BURKE LEESecond Lieutenant · November 23, 1969
- ROBERT MOORE JRSpecialist Four · November 23, 1969
- ALBERT EDEN PARKERSpecialist Four · November 23, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT MOORE JRSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 112
From Indianapolis
- JAMES EDWARD CAUGHEYSpecialist Four · August 14, 1964
- CLARENCE LEROY COLEMANSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- IVAN RAY SMITHPrivate First Class · May 13, 1965
- KENNETH LEROY REEDStaff Sergeant · June 12, 1965
- JOHN POWERS DAVISSpecialist Five · July 21, 1965
- CURLEY SHERELS JRCorporal · August 18, 1965
- ALVIN CARVER FORNEYCorporal · September 1, 1965
- WILLIAM LARRIE HUNTPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- THOMAS CURTIS METSKERCaptain · November 14, 1965
- VILIS LISMENTSCorporal · November 22, 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.