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GREGORY THOMAS JONES
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 13, 1947 – October 3, 1968
Service recordGregory Thomas Jones, of Columbus, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 3, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 69
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 13, 1947
- Home of record
- Columbus, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 3, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date October 3, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 69
- DONALD GENE CLEAVERStaff Sergeant · October 3, 1968
- RALPH TAYLOR HIGDONChief Warrant Officer 3 · October 3, 1968
- RONALD DAVID HORNStaff Sergeant · October 3, 1968
- THOMAS EUGENE JOHNSONChief Warrant Officer 2 · October 3, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DANIEL L LEEPrivate First Class · Panel 42W, Line 66
From Columbus
- LAWRENCE CLAIR HAMMONDChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- JOHN FREDRICK STONEBURNERMajor · December 9, 1964
- TOMMY JOE BELCHERSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- ANDREW JACOB HINDERMANPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- WILLIAM BISHOP WOLFLance Corporal · October 14, 1965
- DENNIS SMITHCorporal · October 30, 1965
- CHARLES THOMAS MOORE JRSpecialist Five · November 17, 1965
- KENNETH POLINGSpecialist Four · November 21, 1965
- MORRIS LEE BARGYCorporal · November 29, 1965
- MORRIS E JENKINSSpecialist Five · December 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.