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GRIFFITH ALFRED JONES
Sergeant Major · U.S. Army
January 24, 1925 – May 12, 1970
Service recordGriffith Alfred Jones, of Marysville, California, served as a Sergeant Major in the U.S. Army. He died on May 12, 1970, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 45. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 25
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
- Sergeant Major (SGM)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Command Sergeant Major (00Z)
- Unit (as recorded)
- ENGINEERING CMD
- Born
- January 24, 1925
- Home of record
- Marysville, California (Yuba County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1970
- Age
- 45
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1970; ten of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “ENGINEERING CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 25
- TERRANCE LEE HOODSpecialist Four · May 12, 1970
- ROBERT JOSEPH HUDDLESTONSergeant · May 12, 1970
- ROBERT HENRY JOHNSONFirst Lieutenant · May 12, 1970
- STEPHEN JOSEPH KEESLERCorporal · May 12, 1970
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM DOUGLAS BOOTHCaptain · Panel 10W, Line 22
- JOHN ALBERT B DILLARD JRMajor General · Panel 10W, Line 23
From Marysville
- DAVID EUGENE NANCEPrivate First Class · July 11, 1966
- EDWARD LEONARD GREENESergeant · November 20, 1967
- MICHAEL MILLNERSergeant First Class · November 29, 1967
- RENNY DEAN SCHOELPrivate First Class · December 26, 1967
- DAVID JOSEPH BOLTONSecond Lieutenant · June 16, 1968
- STEVEN OWEN SCHNELLERPrivate First Class · October 7, 1968
- MARIO MONTES LAGUNASpecialist Four · January 26, 1969
- THOMAS WAYNE CUMMINSSpecialist Four · May 12, 1969
- JOHN THOMAS BAKERCorporal · October 13, 1969
- MICHAEL STEPHEN VRABLICKFirst Lieutenant · October 1, 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.