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JOHNNY CARROLL JONES
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
January 5, 1948 – September 22, 1970
Service recordJohnny Carroll Jones, of Mckinney, Texas, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on September 22, 1970, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 84
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Engineman (EN)
- Unit (as recorded)
- USNAVFORV
- Born
- January 5, 1948
- Home of record
- Mckinney, Texas (Collin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 22, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date September 22, 1970; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 84
- HAROLD BRUCE KIMBROUGHFirst Lieutenant · September 22, 1970
- NATALIE NOWACZYNSKIStaff Sergeant · September 22, 1970
- TOMMY WAYNE ROBERTSONCorporal · September 22, 1970
- JOHN DABNEY BASSCorporal · September 23, 1970
From Mckinney
- ROYCE GLENN SCOGGINSPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- DARREL ULDRIC MAHANCorporal · August 19, 1967
- THOMAS BERNARD HOLDBROOKSPrivate First Class · December 28, 1967
- CHARLES WILLIAM BRYANCorporal · January 20, 1968
- CHARLES EDWIN HOFFMANSpecialist Four · February 9, 1968
- MARTIN LEROY RODGERSSpecialist Four · July 26, 1970
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.