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MICHAEL ALLEN JONES
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 25, 1947 – September 28, 1967
Service recordMichael Allen Jones, of Madison, Tennessee, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 28, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 24
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
- November 25, 1947
- Home of record
- Madison, Tennessee (Davidson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 28, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date September 28, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 24
- GILBERT JAMES GRAHAMSeaman · September 28, 1967
- CHARLES ANTHONY JAMACKSpecialist Five · September 28, 1967
- MARCUS TRUMAN KENNEDYSergeant · September 28, 1967
- DONALD ROY WOODCorporal · September 28, 1967
From Madison
- JACK MCCRARYChief Master Sergeant · December 29, 1967
- CHARLES PAUL HEADLEYSpecialist Four · February 17, 1968
- JAMES VAN HOWARDCorporal · October 30, 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.