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LARRY PAUL JONES
Corporal · U.S. Army
February 4, 1949 – May 13, 1969
Service recordLarry Paul Jones, of Clarkesville, Georgia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 13, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 102
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 4, 1949
- Home of record
- Clarkesville, Georgia (Habersham County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 13, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
112 names on the Wall carry the date May 13, 1969; eight of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 66 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 102
- RAYMOND ARTHUR JINKSSergeant · May 13, 1969
- ERIC BERNARD JOHNSONSpecialist Four · May 13, 1969
- JAMES JULIUS JULIAN JRSergeant · May 13, 1969
- RICHARD ROBERT KELLEYSpecialist Four · May 13, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MARION LORA GARDNERPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 99
- ALVIN GRIMESSergeant · Panel 25W, Line 101
- BRUCE JOSEPH MATTACorporal · Panel 25W, Line 106
- JOHN CHARLES NELSONSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 107
- RALPH MICHAEL SANTINELLOSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 110
From Clarkesville
- CHARLES WAYNE SIMSCorporal · February 28, 1966
- MILLARD LAMAR PALMERSpecialist Four · April 28, 1968
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.