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JAMES RANDALL JONES
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 12, 1947 – October 7, 1968
Service recordJames Randall Jones, of Tampa, Florida, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 7, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 25
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 12, 1947
- Home of record
- Tampa, Florida (Hillsborough County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 7, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date October 7, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 25
- NATHANIEL KELLEYStaff Sergeant · October 7, 1968
- ROY ROBERT KOENIGCorporal · October 7, 1968
- JOSE L MONTESCorporal · October 7, 1968
- JOHN EARL POLINGStaff Sergeant · October 7, 1968
Same unit, same day
- BILLY RANDOLPH JEFFERSONCorporal · Panel 41W, Line 24
From Tampa
- THOMAS ISAAC LEDBETTERCaptain · June 19, 1964
- HENRY JOSEPH GALLANTMaster Sergeant · July 13, 1965
- JOHN BELL JRLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- ERICH SIMKAITISSpecialist Five · September 9, 1965
- LAURENCE MICHAEL KINGCorporal · September 28, 1965
- MACK CECIL COXSergeant · November 17, 1965
- GUY HECTOR MCCAREYMajor · November 27, 1965
- RICHIE HUMES SCHMITTLance Corporal · December 9, 1965
- JOHNNIE GRANTSpecialist Four · February 7, 1966
- ISIAH FOSTERLance Corporal · March 23, 1966
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.