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JOHN HENRY JONES
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 25, 1945 – October 4, 1966
Service recordJohn Henry Jones, of Enterprise, Alabama, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 4, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 45
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- September 25, 1945
- Home of record
- Enterprise, Alabama (Coffee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 4, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date October 4, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 11E, Line 45
- ROBERT ORAL KORNSMaster Sergeant · October 2, 1966
- RONALD EUGENE LEWISPrivate First Class · October 4, 1966
- JAMES GARRIS LITTSPrivate First Class · October 4, 1966
- PINK MILTON LYNCH JRSpecialist Five · October 4, 1966
- DANIEL PAUL MARLOWEStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1966
From Enterprise
- BILLY GENE HAMMERChief Warrant Officer 2 · June 12, 1965
- JAMES ROWE STEPHENSSpecialist Four · May 17, 1966
- WILLIAM RUSSEL PHILLIPSLieutenant Colonel · February 3, 1967
- GUY ALBERT BYRDSergeant First Class · April 5, 1967
- WILLIAM TERRY ALLENFirst Lieutenant · December 4, 1967
- LYTELL B CHRISTIANStaff Sergeant · March 13, 1968
- RONALD ISAAC CRODYStaff Sergeant · January 17, 1969
- ALLEN WAYNE ALLUMSSpecialist Five · May 6, 1969
- GREEN EDWARD MILLER JRStaff Sergeant · May 5, 1970
- JAMES RICHARD LAYTONSergeant · July 22, 1972
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.