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HOWARD WILLIAM JONES
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 23, 1931 – June 30, 1967
Service recordHoward William Jones, of Bluefield, West Virginia, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 30, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 88
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 23, 1931
- Home of record
- Bluefield, West Virginia (Mercer County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 30, 1967
- Age
- 35
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date June 30, 1967. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 73 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 88
- JAMES THOMAS HUFSTETLERSpecialist Four · June 30, 1967
- CHRISTOPHER PAUL JOHNSONPrivate First Class · June 30, 1967
- MICHAEL BARRY JUDDPetty Officer Third Class · June 30, 1967
- JOHN DEWEY KILLEN IIILance Corporal · June 30, 1967
From Bluefield
- EDWARD LARRY STEWARTSergeant · October 12, 1965
- CARL L MUNSEYStaff Sergeant · March 30, 1966
- GEORGE WASHINGTON FROESpecialist Four · April 9, 1967
- JAMES FREEMAN HUNDLEYPrivate First Class · May 8, 1967
- WILLIAM ALLEN BLACKWELLPrivate First Class · May 18, 1967
- FREDDIE ESTERSCorporal · July 6, 1967
- EDWARD JUNIOR SIMONSCorporal · October 14, 1967
- CHARLES RODNEY MORRISLance Corporal · July 6, 1968
- THOMAS BARRY CHRISTIANLance Corporal · August 6, 1968
- CHARLES DEAN PLUMMERChief Warrant Officer 2 · November 14, 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.