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NORMAN JONES JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 30, 1947 – June 18, 1968
Service recordNorman Jones JR, of Elyria, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 18, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 56W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56W · Line 23
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 30, 1947
- Home of record
- Elyria, Ohio (Lorain County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 18, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date June 18, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 56W, Line 23
- CAREY LEE JOHNSLance Corporal · June 18, 1968
- CLAYTON HENRY JOHNSONLance Corporal · June 18, 1968
- LITAEL JORDAN JRPrivate First Class · June 18, 1968
- STEVEN BRUCE LAVIGNELance Corporal · June 18, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN JOSEPH CIMORELLI JRSpecialist Four · Panel 56W, Line 20
- ARTHUR QUEZADAFirst Lieutenant · Panel 56W, Line 27
From Elyria
- JAMES DAVID SMITHPrivate First Class · September 22, 1966
- JAMES CALVIN WHITMOREPrivate First Class · November 9, 1967
- MICHAEL DRENNEN MILBURNLance Corporal · February 6, 1968
- TROY TONY THREETPrivate First Class · February 10, 1968
- GEORGE WESLEY DEJARNETTSpecialist Four · February 29, 1968
- DONNIE STANLEY KEGGPrivate First Class · May 1, 1968
- JOHN LESTER BEGANPrivate First Class · August 16, 1968
- WILLIAM EARL FOSTER JRSpecialist Four · September 12, 1968
- CALVIN KERMIT COONLance Corporal · September 18, 1968
- JOSEPH GEORGE AMBROSIOSpecialist Four · September 27, 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.