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GUY THOMAS JONES
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 30, 1945 – March 8, 1968
Service recordGuy Thomas Jones, of Sheridan, Indiana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 8, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 43E, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43E · Line 56
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 30, 1945
- Home of record
- Sheridan, Indiana (Hamilton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 8, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
68 names on the Wall carry the date March 8, 1968; three of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 188 of its members that month.
He died in Gia Dinh Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 43E, Line 56
- DONALD ERNEST JONESPrivate First Class · March 8, 1968
- STEPHEN CRAWFORD JONESFirst Lieutenant · March 8, 1968
- JOHNNY JUERGEN JUNKINSCorporal · March 8, 1968
- WAYNE MINOR KIDWELLSergeant · March 8, 1968
Same unit, same day
- FREDDIE JAMES BRYANTSpecialist Four · Panel 43E, Line 52
- DAVID LEE CAREYPrivate First Class · Panel 43E, Line 52
- WILLIAM TERRY MANNINGPrivate First Class · Panel 43E, Line 57
- GEORGE HAROLD SAULS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 43E, Line 60
From Sheridan
- BENJAMIN ELMER SCOLLEYSpecialist Four · May 12, 1966
- GERALD LEE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
- SCOTT CLAYMON DELPHPetty Officer First Class · June 21, 1968
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.