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ORVILLE NELSON JONES
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 21, 1944 – March 14, 1967
Service recordOrville Nelson Jones, of Newfane, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 14, 1967, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 79
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 21, 1944
- Home of record
- Newfane, New York (Niagara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 14, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date March 14, 1967; seven of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 79
- THOMAS EDWARD GARSIDESpecialist Four · March 14, 1967
- EDWIN NEWLIN HOLLOWAY IIIPrivate First Class · March 14, 1967
- BURLON TALMAGE HONEYCUTTSpecialist Four · March 14, 1967
- WILLIAM HARMON KOHOLance Corporal · March 14, 1967
Same unit, same day
- MERLIN EUGENE BALLPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 75
- FRED BEILECorporal · Panel 16E, Line 75
- ANGEL LUIS FRAGOSA-GARCIACorporal · Panel 16E, Line 75
- HARRY FLOYD CONRADSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 76
- GEORGE KENNETH COOKSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 76
- RONALD WAYNE BASSCorporal · Panel 16E, Line 77
- JAMES RUSSELL CRONINPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 77
- LEROY J GUILD JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 16E, Line 78
- THOMAS EDWARD GARSIDESpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 79
- BURLON TALMAGE HONEYCUTTSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 79
- ANGEL MANUEL SANCHEZSpecialist Five · Panel 16E, Line 80
From Newfane
- DENZELL RAY MILLSPrivate First Class · October 16, 1967
- MICHAEL WALTER DOYLECorporal · March 8, 1969
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.