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JERRY JONES
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 4, 1946 – September 30, 1968
Service recordJerry Jones, of Springfield Gardens, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 30, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 47
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- July 4, 1946
- Home of record
- Springfield Gardens, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 30, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date September 30, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 47
- CLIFFORD WAYNE FIESZELLieutenant Colonel · September 30, 1968
- ULYS FORD HAMILTONPrivate First Class · September 30, 1968
- ALBERTO HERNANDEZ-VELEZPrivate First Class · September 30, 1968
- CHARLES ALLEN HOLBROOKPrivate First Class · September 30, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE LARRY ANGLINSergeant First Class · Panel 42W, Line 44
From Springfield Gardens
- SAMUEL JOHN SANTANGELOPrivate First Class · February 17, 1968
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.