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JERALD LOUIS JONES
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 4, 1944 – June 24, 1968
Service recordJerald Louis Jones, of Greenville, South Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 24, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 55W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55W · Line 28
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
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- December 4, 1944
- Home of record
- Greenville, South Carolina (Greenville County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 24, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date June 24, 1968; seven of them were lost in Long An Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 55W, Line 28
- MARCUS EUGENE CLINEPetty Officer Third Class · June 24, 1968
- KENNETH WALTER HALLLieutenant Colonel · June 24, 1968
- RAYMOND R HITCHCOCK JRSergeant · June 24, 1968
- ERNEST MAEHUE HODGESSpecialist Four · June 24, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES DONALD BUDAHAZY IISpecialist Four · Panel 55W, Line 26
- WALTER ALVIN SOUTHER IIICaptain · Panel 55W, Line 31
From Greenville
- THOMAS EDWARD MCMAHAN JRCaptain · September 28, 1965
- GARY RAY BRYANTSpecialist Four · January 25, 1966
- WALTER REAVES TATE JRSpecialist Four · July 20, 1966
- WILLIAM HENRY HAWKINSStaff Sergeant · July 24, 1966
- SAMUEL RALPH MOSERPrivate First Class · August 3, 1966
- CHARLIE LYLES JRSergeant · November 17, 1966
- KENNETH RHODESSpecialist Four · December 12, 1966
- DOUGLAS MACARTHUR MCCRARYFirst Lieutenant · February 16, 1967
- DANA CORNELL DARNELLLance Corporal · April 26, 1967
- JIMMY WILLIAM HALLLance Corporal · June 7, 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.