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JOHN MONROE JONES JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 9, 1948 – January 28, 1970
Service recordJohn Monroe Jones JR, of Selden, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 28, 1970, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 75
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- December 9, 1948
- Home of record
- Selden, New York (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 28, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date January 28, 1970; he was the only one lost in Long Khanh Province that day. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 14W, Line 75
- MICHAEL WOODROW HUNTERWarrant Officer 1 · January 28, 1970
- CLEVELAND OSBORNE JOHNSONSergeant First Class · January 28, 1970
- KENNETH EDWIN KOCHPrivate First Class · January 28, 1970
- LEONARD CHARLES LEESERCaptain · January 28, 1970
From Selden
- ANTHONY MARIO ORLANDOLance Corporal · March 5, 1967
- LOUIS PHILLIP MERINOPrivate First Class · March 10, 1967
- DAMON LIGOURI RITCHIECorporal · January 31, 1968
- WILLIAM WARREN DINIROSpecialist Four · March 26, 1968
- RUSSELL GEORGE AHRENSSpecialist Five · March 18, 1971
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.