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JERRY DEAN JONES
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 11, 1948 – February 9, 1969
Service recordJerry Dean Jones, of Lexington, Kentucky, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 9, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 94 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 94
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 11, 1948
- Home of record
- Lexington, Kentucky (Fayette County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 9, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date February 9, 1969; three of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 100 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 94
- ROBERT LANCE HETTINGERSergeant · February 9, 1969
- ROBERT STANLEY KNADLERSpecialist Four · February 9, 1969
- GREGORY MICHAEL LEINENSergeant · February 9, 1969
- ROGER ALLEN MEYERSLieutenant Commander · February 9, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CARROLL PAUL ONEILLSpecialist Four · Panel 32W, Line 1
- JOHN LESLIE WEHRSergeant · Panel 32W, Line 2
From Lexington
- WILLIAM KATHMAN BARRETTFirst Lieutenant · October 21, 1965
- DAYMON DONALD HORNStaff Sergeant · December 6, 1965
- VERNON EDWARD HOLLANDLance Corporal · December 18, 1965
- CHARLES EDWARD STRADERStaff Sergeant · February 4, 1966
- JERRY LANG ONANPrivate First Class · May 4, 1966
- WILLIAM LOUIS MADISONChief Master Sergeant · May 15, 1966
- WILLIAM KEEN STOLL JRPrivate First Class · June 18, 1966
- JOHN WILLIAM HAMMSpecialist Four · July 7, 1966
- WILLIAM FRANCIS HOGAN JRCorporal · March 14, 1967
- WILLIAM P CENTERS JRSpecialist Five · May 21, 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.