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JON CARL JONES
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 8, 1947 – September 13, 1968
Service recordJon Carl Jones, of Grand Rapids, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 13, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 44W, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44W · Line 49
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
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- February 8, 1947
- Home of record
- Grand Rapids, Michigan (Kent County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 13, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date September 13, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 44W, Line 49
- TERENCE MICHAEL HUSTEADSergeant · September 13, 1968
- THOMAS CARLYLE JACOBSWarrant Officer 1 · September 13, 1968
- JERRY EDWIN JARRARDCorporal · September 13, 1968
- VERNON DOUGLAS JONESCorporal · September 13, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CURTIS LEE ANDERSENWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 44W, Line 44
- THOMAS CARLYLE JACOBSWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 44W, Line 49
From Grand Rapids
- MILLARD RUSSELL VALERIUSCaptain · May 28, 1965
- ROBERT JEROME MORONEYCaptain · December 14, 1965
- HERMAN LEROY HUEYSergeant · February 7, 1966
- DONALD BRUCE ADAMSONSecond Lieutenant · February 23, 1966
- JERRY EMMET PARKSPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- DAVID ORIN BAILEYPrivate First Class · April 8, 1966
- GARY SCOTT FERGUSONPrivate First Class · August 3, 1966
- DAVID LAWRENCE FAUGHTPrivate First Class · August 10, 1966
- EVERETTE ARTHUR THOMPSONPrivate First Class · August 10, 1966
- MATTHEW GEORGE MIEDEMAPrivate First Class · August 25, 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.