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JOHN LEWIS JONES
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 1, 1947 – October 21, 1967
Service recordJohn Lewis Jones, of Jersey City, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 21, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · 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)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- July 1, 1947
- Home of record
- Jersey City, New Jersey (Hudson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 21, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date October 21, 1967; five of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 45
- ALVIN RICHARDSON CHAVOUSCorporal · October 21, 1967
- RODNEY BARRETTE CLINEPrivate First Class · October 21, 1967
- WILLIAM LARRY CUMMINGSPrivate First Class · October 21, 1967
- DONALD P YARRINGTON JRStaff Sergeant · October 21, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DAVID PAUL KUSYPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 46
- DAVID EUGENE WARDPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 47
From Jersey City
- ISMAEL JUSON PAREDESSpecialist Five · November 17, 1965
- WILLIAM ANDREW PLEASANTSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- ONEAL LEGETTESpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
- JOHN FRANCIS OSHAUGHNESSYPrivate · February 7, 1966
- STANLEY T DEMBOSKIPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- ROBERT JAMES KEENANPrivate First Class · April 26, 1966
- FRANK ELLIS LYONSStaff Sergeant · June 16, 1966
- JESSE CLARENCE FELDERSpecialist Four · June 29, 1966
- MICHAEL JAMES BILLERO JRSpecialist Four · August 14, 1966
- FRANCIS WILLIAM MACKPetty Officer Third Class · August 17, 1966
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.