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JOHN ORA JONES JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 1, 1929 – October 22, 1966
Service recordJohn Ora Jones JR, of Skidmore, Missouri, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 22, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 98 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 98
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- October 1, 1929
- Home of record
- Skidmore, Missouri (Nodaway County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 22, 1966
- Age
- 37
- 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 October 22, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 37 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 98
- TEDDY ROOSEVELT JORDANSpecialist Four · October 22, 1966
- THOMAS CARL KOLSTADCommander · October 22, 1966
- EARL PAUL MCBRIDELieutenant Commander · October 22, 1966
- LOUIS JOSEPH REEDStaff Sergeant · October 22, 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.