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JOSEPH MELVIN JONES
Master Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 16, 1929 – April 16, 1968
Service recordJoseph Melvin Jones, of Eastman, Georgia, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 16, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 50E, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50E · Line 16
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Master Sergeant (MSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- May 16, 1929
- Home of record
- Eastman, Georgia (Dodge County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 16, 1968
- Age
- 38
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
74 names on the Wall carry the date April 16, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 96 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 50E, Line 16
- RICHARD WILLIAM JOHNSTONPrivate First Class · April 16, 1968
- DANNY RAY KILGOREPrivate First Class · April 16, 1968
- ALFRED LEROY LEBLANCCorporal · April 16, 1968
- JAY ANTHONY PRICEFirst Lieutenant · April 16, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHNSTON DUNLOPStaff Sergeant · Panel 50E, Line 13
From Eastman
- ULYSSES CORNELIUS COOPERSergeant First Class · July 18, 1966
- DONALD WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · May 8, 1967
- JERRY LEE FORDHAMSpecialist Four · August 13, 1969
- LEM CLARKSergeant First Class · June 5, 1971
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.