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JAMES HARVEY JONES
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 22, 1946 – January 26, 1967
Service recordJames Harvey Jones, of Lake Providence, Louisiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 26, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 81
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 22, 1946
- Home of record
- Lake Providence, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 26, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date January 26, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 81
- WILLIAM FRANCIS KRANZ JRPrivate First Class · January 26, 1967
- CALVIN LEROY MILLERHospitalman · January 26, 1967
- THOMAS RAYMOND MORGANLieutenant Colonel · January 26, 1967
- MANSFIELD M TOOGOOD JRStaff Sergeant · January 26, 1967
From Lake Providence
- THOMAS WAYNE WIGGINSCorporal · February 15, 1971
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.