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JOHNNY EUGENE JONES
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 5, 1946 – August 20, 1971
Service recordJohnny Eugene Jones, of Kansas City, Missouri, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 20, 1971, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 135 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 135
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 5, 1946
- Home of record
- Kansas City, Missouri (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 20, 1971
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date August 20, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In August 1971, 116 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 135
- JOHNNY HOWARD CHAPMANCorporal · August 20, 1971
- MICHAEL JAMES GUIDRYSpecialist Four · August 21, 1971
- JAMES JOSEPH WINSONSpecialist Five · August 21, 1971
- TROY ELLIS BRANTLEY JRSergeant First Class · August 22, 1971
From Kansas City
- PATRICK PEARSE MANNINGPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- FRANK ALLEN GIVENPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- MICHAEL STEVENS HARRISPrivate First Class · December 9, 1965
- LESTER A ROGERSFirst Lieutenant · February 28, 1966
- JEROME NIXONPrivate First Class · March 23, 1966
- CHARLES R LAWHONWarrant Officer 1 · May 6, 1966
- JAMES PAUL DEBRULERPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
- DAYTON WILLIAM RAGLANDColonel · May 31, 1966
- ROBERT WILLIAM PECKPrivate First Class · July 10, 1966
- EUGENE JOLLYSpecialist Five · July 11, 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.