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JOHNNY MACK JONES
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
July 1, 1948 – April 24, 1972
Service recordJohnny Mack Jones, of Auburn, Alabama, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 24, 1972, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 6
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Parachutist, Infantry Unit Commander (71542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- July 1, 1948
- Home of record
- Auburn, Alabama (Lee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 24, 1972
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date April 24, 1972; five of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In April 1972, 106 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
He died in Kon Tum Province while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 1W, Line 6
- KENNETH JOSEPH YONANMajor · October 21, 1971
- JAMES EDWARD HUNSICKERFirst Lieutenant · April 24, 1972
- LEROY BENJAMIN AIKENPrivate First Class · April 25, 1972
- ROBERT WALLACE BROWNLEE JRColonel · April 25, 1972
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL DAVID CLEAVESSpecialist Four · Panel 1W, Line 5
- WADE LYNN ELLENWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 1W, Line 5
- JAMES EDWARD HUNSICKERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 1W, Line 6
From Auburn
- DONALD CARTHEL ESTESChief Warrant Officer 2 · June 24, 1966
- ROBERT WALKER HUBBARDCaptain · February 4, 1968
- GEORGE THOMAS SARGENT JRLieutenant Colonel · March 21, 1969
- JAMES ETHERIDGE GREENE JRLieutenant · May 11, 1969
- JAMES CALVIN WILLIAMSONFirst Lieutenant · March 17, 1972
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.