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JOHNNY CARL JONES
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 31, 1949 – November 27, 1969
Service recordJohnny Carl Jones, of Diboll, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 27, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 128 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 128
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radio Teletype Operator (05C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- January 31, 1949
- Home of record
- Diboll, Texas (Angelina County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 27, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date November 27, 1969; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 128
- LARRY ALLEN BROWNSergeant · November 27, 1969
- WYLIE CLARENCE KINGCorporal · November 27, 1969
- JOHN MICHAEL SMITHCorporal · November 27, 1969
- KENNETH JAMES SMOLAREKSpecialist Four · November 27, 1969
From Diboll
- PRESTON IVORY RUSSAWPrivate First Class · February 7, 1968
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.