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NEIL WADE JONES
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 13, 1946 – December 31, 1971
Service recordNeil Wade Jones, of Cullman, Alabama, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 31, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 93
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
- Avionic Communications Equipment Repairer (35L)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- May 13, 1946
- Home of record
- Cullman, Alabama (Cullman County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 31, 1971
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date December 31, 1971; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In December 1971, 64 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 93
- ROBERT LEE DENMARKSpecialist Four · December 31, 1971
- WILLIAM YOUNG DUGGANLieutenant Colonel · December 31, 1971
- CHARLES RONALD EGGERSSpecialist Four · December 31, 1971
- FREDERICK JOHN SUTTERCaptain · December 31, 1971
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT LEE DENMARKSpecialist Four · Panel 2W, Line 93
From Cullman
- ROBERT BRANCH GLOVERSpecialist Four · December 31, 1966
- JIMMY EARL JOHNSONPrivate First Class · May 13, 1967
- JAMES WALTER BROCK IIIPrivate First Class · November 4, 1967
- MICHAEL DOUGLAS CRUITTPrivate First Class · January 21, 1968
- RONALD DAVID LOVELADYCorporal · May 1, 1968
- WILLIAM OTTO SCHMALEMajor · August 23, 1968
- JAMES EDWARD DUCKWORTHSergeant · August 31, 1970
- DWAING USRY MCGIFFSergeant First Class · September 7, 1970
- RONALD HUGH HALLStaff Sergeant · June 30, 1971
- TERRY GUS KUGLERSergeant · November 28, 1971
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.