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JAMES WALTER JONES
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 18, 1947 – June 30, 1969
Service recordJames Walter Jones, of Atlanta, Georgia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 30, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 38
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 18, 1947
- Home of record
- Atlanta, Georgia (Fulton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 30, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date June 30, 1969; eight of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 55 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 38
- REX DOUGLAS HARLOWCorporal · June 30, 1969
- WAYNE STANLEY HORVATHPrivate First Class · June 30, 1969
- JOHN WILLIAM HULMESecond Lieutenant · June 30, 1969
- JAMES ARNOLD KLYNECorporal · June 30, 1969
- RICHARD MONROE PRUETTSergeant · February 28, 2005
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT JOSEPH COLEMANCorporal · Panel 21W, Line 36
- MICHAEL EDWARD FOWLERStaff Sergeant · Panel 21W, Line 37
- JOHN DENNIS MORRISSEYCorporal · Panel 21W, Line 39
- GLEN ERVIN POTEETSpecialist Four · Panel 21W, Line 39
- RONALD EDWARD ROBERTSONCorporal · Panel 21W, Line 40
- JEROME ERNIE TUCKERSpecialist Four · Panel 21W, Line 40
- LARRY JOE WHITECorporal · Panel 21W, Line 41
From Atlanta
- DAVID NIPPERLance Corporal · November 21, 1964
- JAMES ANTHONY COYAirman First Class · June 11, 1965
- JAMES THARPE BROWN JRPrivate First Class · June 25, 1965
- WESLIE DAVID MEWBORNPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DOUGLAS HORACE LEACHSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- RONNIE THOMAS MATHISSergeant · November 17, 1965
- GEORGE S MCHELLONSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- JAMES CARL WISE JRMajor · December 23, 1965
- CLIFFORD THOMAS JOHNSONPrivate · January 29, 1966
- HARVEY LEWIS BOWEN JRPrivate First Class · February 24, 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.