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JIMMIE JACK JONES JR
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
March 29, 1949 – March 7, 1970
Service recordJimmie Jack Jones JR, of Steelton, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on March 7, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 92 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 92
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Construction Equipment Repairer (62B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 501 ENG CO
- Born
- March 29, 1949
- Home of record
- Steelton, Pennsylvania (Dauphin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 7, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date March 7, 1970; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 92
- ALBERT HENRY GATES JRCaptain · March 7, 1970
- DENNIS RAY HEERMANSergeant · March 7, 1970
- PAUL JOSEPH JAMESWarrant Officer 1 · March 7, 1970
- KAY KAZU KIMURAFirst Lieutenant · March 7, 1970
From Steelton
- REUBEN LOUIS GARNETT JRSpecialist Four · March 4, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD HAWKLance Corporal · April 19, 1967
- DONALD LEROY MURPHYSeaman · July 14, 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.