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JAMES EDWARD JONES
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 18, 1948 – December 4, 1968
Service recordJames Edward Jones, of Evansville, Indiana, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on December 4, 1968, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 40
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 18, 1948
- Home of record
- Evansville, Indiana (Vanderburgh County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 4, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date December 4, 1968; four of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 103 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 37W, Line 40
- WILLIE GERALD JONESSpecialist Four · December 4, 1968
- JEROME ALBERT LONGPrivate First Class · December 4, 1968
- WILLIAM FREDERICK MARASCOPrivate First Class · December 4, 1968
- RICHARD EDMUND NITSCHE JRSpecialist Four · December 4, 1968
Same unit, same day
- STEPHEN BABULJAKFirst Lieutenant · Panel 37W, Line 37
- WALTER FRANK BYRD JRSpecialist Four · Panel 37W, Line 37
- THOMAS EUGENE CONKELPrivate First Class · Panel 37W, Line 38
- WILLIE GERALD JONESSpecialist Four · Panel 37W, Line 40
- RICHARD EDMUND NITSCHE JRSpecialist Four · Panel 37W, Line 40
- DONALD ROBERT STOLTZSpecialist Four · Panel 37W, Line 42
- BROADUS WAYNE VERNONPrivate First Class · Panel 37W, Line 43
- WILLIAM CHARLES WILLIAMSStaff Sergeant · Panel 37W, Line 44
From Evansville
- DAVID EUGENE GILLCorporal · September 2, 1965
- GERALD THOMAS JENKINSSpecialist Four · November 23, 1965
- WILLIAM L ARMSTRONGSpecialist Four · February 6, 1966
- GENE EDMOND DAVISChief Master Sergeant · March 13, 1966
- CHARLES DOYLE OGLESBYSpecialist Four · April 11, 1966
- THOMAS MICHAEL KOCHPrivate First Class · May 28, 1966
- DAVID EMERSON HALLLance Corporal · August 16, 1966
- LEWIS ELI BONNIESergeant First Class · November 8, 1966
- MICHAEL EARL DENTPrivate First Class · December 17, 1966
- CHARLES ALBERT MCDANIELSPrivate First Class · March 20, 1967
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.