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MICHAEL LEON JONES
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 20, 1947 – December 27, 1967
Service recordMichael Leon Jones, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 27, 1967, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 75
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- December 20, 1947
- Home of record
- Harrisburg, Pennsylvania (Dauphin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 27, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
88 names on the Wall carry the date December 27, 1967; two of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 75
- NORMAN WILBUR CLEARWATERSergeant · December 27, 1967
- RONALD LEE KESLINGCorporal · December 27, 1967
- DONALD ROBERT KIRBY IIILance Corporal · December 27, 1967
- GUY DALE KISTNERPrivate First Class · December 27, 1967
From Harrisburg
- DONALD RICHARD TAYLORPrivate First Class · February 9, 1964
- MARLIN E MCCAHANCaptain · June 24, 1964
- SAMUEL LEE MCDONALDPrivate First Class · November 15, 1965
- J RANDALL GIPELance Corporal · January 6, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH PALUSCIOPrivate First Class · January 30, 1966
- ERNST PHILIP KIEFEL JRColonel · February 10, 1966
- BILLY ALBERT THOMPSONSergeant First Class · April 24, 1966
- STANLEY LOUIS HORWITZPrivate First Class · October 21, 1966
- JERRY POTTSCorporal · November 26, 1966
- OWEN FRANCIS NEUMYERSergeant · December 10, 1966
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.