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HENRY JONES JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 23, 1947 – October 1, 1968
Service recordHenry Jones JR, of Bains, Louisiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 1, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 56
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- January 23, 1947
- Home of record
- Bains, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 1, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date October 1, 1968; three of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 56
- ALFRED IVRY BROOKSSergeant · September 24, 1968
- JAMES ANTHONY HUNTCorporal · October 1, 1968
- LEMUEL JOHNSONCorporal · October 1, 1968
- ROBERT LEE KNISELY JRCorporal · October 1, 1968
- CURTIS JOHN KRAUHSLance Corporal · October 1, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROCCO ROSARIO LUCISANOPrivate First Class · Panel 42W, Line 57
- EDDIE LEE SIMMONSPrivate First Class · Panel 42W, Line 60
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.