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An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam.
An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam. Photo: U.S. Air Force, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of James Bruce Jones.

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JAMES BRUCE JONES

Airman Third Class · U.S. Air Force

December 15, 1945 – January 25, 1966

Service record

James Bruce Jones, of Alexandria Bay, New York, served as an Airman Third Class in the U.S. Air Force. He died on January 25, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 4E · Line 93

Position of Panel 4E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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. Air Force
Rank
Airman Third Class (A3C)
Service
Regular
Born
December 15, 1945
Home of record
Alexandria Bay, New York (Jefferson County)

Casualty

Date of death
January 25, 1966
Age
20
Province
Quang Nam
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Artillery/Mortar/Rocket

Context · from the records

What was happening

54 names on the Wall carry the date January 25, 1966; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 4E, Line 93

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.