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UH-1 helicopters of the 1st Cavalry Division skim the coastline near Chu Lai, October 1967.
UH-1 helicopters of the 1st Cavalry Division skim the coastline near Chu Lai, October 1967. Photo: PFC Franklin G. Nickerson, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Jackie Dallas Jones.

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JACKIE DALLAS JONES

Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army

January 22, 1942 – July 11, 1966

Service record

Jackie Dallas Jones, of Indianapolis, Indiana, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on July 11, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 9E · Line 17

Position of Panel 9E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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Service

Branch
U.S. Army
Rank
Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
Service
Reserve / National Guard
Occupation
Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
Unit (as recorded)
121 AVN CO 13 AVN BN 12 AVN GRP
Born
January 22, 1942
Home of record
Indianapolis, Indiana (Marion County)

Casualty

Date of death
July 11, 1966
Age
24
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Helicopter Crash — crew

Context · from the records

What was happening

Eight names on the Wall carry the date July 11, 1966. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 9E, Line 17

From Indianapolis

All 204 names from Indianapolis →

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.