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JONES EUGENE TOMLINSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 17, 1946 – April 12, 1968
Service recordJones Eugene Tomlinson, of Waianae, Hawaii, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 12, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 49E, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49E · Line 37
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- March 17, 1946
- Home of record
- Waianae, Hawaii (Honolulu County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 12, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date April 12, 1968; six of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 189 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 49E, Line 37
- DAVID ALAN STRUPPPrivate First Class · April 12, 1968
- HAROLD ALLEN THARP JRSpecialist Five · April 12, 1968
- DONNY GAY TIDWELLCorporal · April 12, 1968
- GEORGE FRANCIS VISELance Corporal · April 12, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DONALD JOE BOAZPrivate First Class · Panel 49E, Line 29
- CARL LEONARD CARLSONPrivate First Class · Panel 49E, Line 29
- JACK WAYNE HESSSpecialist Four · Panel 49E, Line 32
- BYRON NORRIS JONESSpecialist Four · Panel 49E, Line 33
- MICHAEL WESLEY MILLERPrivate First Class · Panel 49E, Line 34
From Waianae
- BENEDICTO PIOSALAN BAYRONWarrant Officer 1 · November 16, 1965
- JOHN RICHARD KAAWALance Corporal · January 29, 1969
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.