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JERRY ROBERT JONES
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 25, 1938 – May 15, 1965
Service recordJerry Robert Jones, of Norman, Oklahoma, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 15, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 115 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 115
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- March 25, 1938
- Home of record
- Norman, Oklahoma (Cleveland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 15, 1965
- Age
- 27
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date May 15, 1965. In May 1965, 89 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 115
- ROBERT GRESKOWIAKCaptain · May 15, 1965
- WAYNE GILMORE SCHWARTZStaff Sergeant · May 15, 1965
- JESSE RODRIQUEZ ACOSTAStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- JOSE RUBEN ARAGONStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
Same unit, same day
- DONALD EDWARD CLOSECaptain · Panel 1E, Line 114
From Norman
- RICHARD EUGENE MCWILLIAMSPrivate First Class · December 15, 1965
- JOHN MICHAEL TIFFANYPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
- CHARLEY LE MEAR MOUNTPrivate First Class · November 25, 1968
- WILLIAM WEBB BLAIR JRCorporal · December 21, 1968
- ROBERT ALAN AMSPACHERSpecialist Four · December 25, 1968
- DAVID PHILLIP NEISLARLieutenant (junior grade) · February 20, 1969
- RAMEY LEO CARPENTERLieutenant · March 31, 1969
- CHARLES DWAINE ROBERTSSecond Lieutenant · August 12, 1969
- LARRY GENE MORGANSpecialist Four · May 8, 1970
- ALLAN LESLIE SMITHMajor · May 10, 1970
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.