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LEROY ELTON JONES
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 3, 1942 – December 21, 1965
Service recordLeroy Elton Jones, of Thomasville, Georgia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 21, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 33
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- August 3, 1942
- Home of record
- Thomasville, Georgia (Thomas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 21, 1965
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date December 21, 1965. In December 1965, 326 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 33
- WILLIAM VANCE MOSSCorporal · December 21, 1965
- RONALD ERNEST MULLINAXCorporal · December 21, 1965
- RONALD WILLIAM NICKERSONSpecialist Four · December 21, 1965
- WILLIAM W RICHARDPrivate First Class · December 21, 1965
Same unit, same day
- HOWARD LLOYD ALLENStaff Sergeant · Panel 4E, Line 32
- GEORGE SIMONDS COSTELLOCaptain · Panel 4E, Line 32
- RONALD WILLIAM NICKERSONSpecialist Four · Panel 4E, Line 33
- WILLIAM W RICHARDPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 33
- JIMMIE RAY ISBELLSpecialist Four · Panel 4E, Line 34
- ALFRED LOUIS SPITZFADENPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 34
From Thomasville
- FRANK THORNTON JRSpecialist Five · May 5, 1964
- THOMAS DAVID CAMPBELLSergeant · May 29, 1966
- RALPH E MANNINGStaff Sergeant · June 23, 1966
- JOHN RUDOLPH PEARSONMajor · August 17, 1966
- TERRY MARTIN RIMESSergeant Major · June 3, 1967
- EARL DANIELS JRStaff Sergeant · June 26, 1967
- LAWRENCE ALLEN WHITFIELDSpecialist Four · July 10, 1967
- JOSEPH HARRISONCorporal · August 9, 1967
- WILLIAM YANCEY HADLEYSergeant · December 4, 1967
- WILLIE CHARLES SCOTTCorporal · February 12, 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.