The Wall › Panel 9E › Tennessee › John Ivory Jones JR
JOHN IVORY JONES JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 24, 1943 – August 13, 1966
Service recordJohn Ivory Jones JR, of Memphis, Tennessee, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 13, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 131 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 131
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- December 24, 1943
- Home of record
- Memphis, Tennessee (Shelby County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 13, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date August 13, 1966. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 84 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 131
- BLAIR CHARLTON WRYEColonel · April 22, 1966
- KENNETH BRUCE HAWLEYCorporal · August 12, 1966
- CLARENCE EDWARD JONES JRLance Corporal · August 12, 1966
- WALTER MULLER JRSergeant · August 12, 1966
Same unit, same day
- HARVEY WOODFORD GILBERTPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 133
- JOHN CABLE PETTY IISergeant · Panel 10E, Line 1
- ROSARIO ROSA-SEINSpecialist Four · Panel 10E, Line 1
- BOBBY JOE SHOCKLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 10E, Line 2
- MICHAEL D WALLACEPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 2
- RONALD LEE WOODSPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 3
From Memphis
- JESSE ALEXANDER GRAYSergeant First Class · June 12, 1964
- ANDREW DAYTON PARKER JRMajor · June 18, 1965
- JOHN CARLOS HARRISSergeant · July 21, 1965
- WALTER LEWIS SMITHPrivate First Class · August 19, 1965
- CLAUDE TALBERT JRPrivate First Class · October 8, 1965
- WILLIAM CLYDE HARPERSergeant · October 10, 1965
- DANIEL DAVID HARDENSergeant · November 1, 1965
- RANDLE TOM WOODSLance Corporal · November 6, 1965
- KELLY EUGENE WHITAKERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MELVIN FRANK FORTSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
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.