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HOWARD LAWRENCE JONES
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 9, 1940 – July 29, 1971
Service recordHoward Lawrence Jones, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 29, 1971, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 118 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 118
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 9, 1940
- Home of record
- Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 29, 1971
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date July 29, 1971; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In July 1971, 118 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 118
- ROBERT JOHN DIPIETROSpecialist Four · July 29, 1971
- SAMUEL LEE MCAPHEEMaster Sergeant · July 29, 1971
- NEIL ADAMS JRStaff Sergeant · July 30, 1971
- MANUEL GOMEZGUTIERREZSpecialist Five · July 31, 1971
From Baltimore
- EVERETTE LEROY DONALDSONPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM EDWARD FOWLERLance Corporal · July 9, 1965
- FRANK ROBERT SAXONLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- JAMES MCKINLEY LONGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- THOMAS JAMES SCHINDLERSergeant · October 5, 1965
- SAMUEL L HOLMANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD DEANE OTTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ODELL VAUGHANStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ANTHONY WATSONSecond Lieutenant · December 4, 1965
- PHILIP JAMES MCCARTHYSergeant · December 5, 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.