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JAMES LYNN JONES
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 3, 1947 – July 9, 1970
Service recordJames Lynn Jones, of Chattahoochee, Florida, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 9, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 2
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 3, 1947
- Home of record
- Chattahoochee, Florida (Gadsden County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 9, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date July 9, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 2
- CHARLES EDWIN BRAY JRSpecialist Five · July 9, 1970
- GREGORY ALEXIS DODGESergeant · July 9, 1970
- JOHN WILLIAM FISHERMajor · July 9, 1970
- LARRY MARK HORNERSergeant · July 9, 1970
From Chattahoochee
- CALVIN PERRY WHITESergeant First Class · March 10, 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.