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KENNETH HAROLD JONES
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 1, 1951 – March 6, 1971
Service recordKenneth Harold Jones, of Florence, Oregon, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 6, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 28
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Light Wheel Vehicle Mechanic (63B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- September 1, 1951
- Home of record
- Florence, Oregon (Lane County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 6, 1971
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date March 6, 1971; ten of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 60 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 28
- RONALD THOMAS HOFFMANSpecialist Five · March 6, 1971
- JOHN FLOYD HUMMELChief Warrant Officer 3 · March 6, 1971
- JOHN ALBERT LUKESpecialist Four · March 6, 1971
- FRANCIS DAVID LUPOPetty Officer Second Class · March 6, 1971
Same unit, same day
- DANIEL WEBSTER ALLEN JRSpecialist Five · Panel 4W, Line 26
- RONALD THOMAS HOFFMANSpecialist Five · Panel 4W, Line 28
- TERRY LEE MCCLANAHANSpecialist Five · Panel 4W, Line 29
- HARVEY WAYNE WRIGHTSpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 30
From Florence
- DONALD LEE PATTERSONPrivate First Class · June 4, 1967
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.