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LAVOYN AUGUSTUS JONES
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
October 3, 1938 – October 10, 1969
Service recordLavoyn Augustus Jones, of Lynnhaven, Virginia, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on October 10, 1969, in Kien Giang Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 62
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- October 3, 1938
- Home of record
- Lynnhaven, Virginia (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 10, 1969
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Kien Giang
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date October 10, 1969; seven of them were lost in Kien Giang Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 62
- LELAND CRAIG JOHNSONAirman First Class · October 10, 1969
- GILBERT KETZLER JRPrivate First Class · October 10, 1969
- MAURICE PETER KRAEMER JRCorporal · October 10, 1969
- STANLEY GENE KREBSPrivate First Class · October 10, 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.