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MILTON JOSEPH JONES
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 3, 1950 – July 9, 1970
Service recordMilton Joseph Jones, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 9, 1970, in Darlac Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 3
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
- Water Treatment Specialist (51N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- December 3, 1950
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 9, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Darlac
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date July 9, 1970; he was the only one lost in Darlac Province that day. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 3
- CLAYTON KENNETH HOUGH JRLance Corporal · February 22, 1969
- JAMES LEE KRULLCorporal · July 9, 1970
- JULIAN LUNASergeant First Class · July 9, 1970
- JAMES LUTTGENSSergeant · July 9, 1970
- BERNARD LYNCHSergeant · July 9, 1970
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.