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OTIS CECIL JONES JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 14, 1946 – January 27, 1967
Service recordOtis Cecil Jones JR, of North Little Rock, Arkansas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 27, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 86
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 14, 1946
- Home of record
- North Little Rock, Arkansas (Pulaski County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 27, 1967
- 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
28 names on the Wall carry the date January 27, 1967; nine of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 79 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 86
- JOHN CHARLES FAIDLEYSpecialist Four · January 27, 1967
- SIDNEY WADE FLEMINGLance Corporal · January 27, 1967
- SAMMIE HOWELLCorporal · January 27, 1967
- JEROME JOSEPH RINGENBERGSecond Lieutenant · January 27, 1967
From North Little Rock
- AQUILA BAKERPrivate First Class · May 18, 1966
- RONALD ALAN PATTISONSergeant · September 6, 1967
- GERALD WILLIAM ROBERTSONPrivate First Class · February 14, 1968
- PAUL EVANS MAYERSergeant Major · March 28, 1968
- COY EDWARD STROBLECorporal · June 13, 1968
- MICHAEL STEWART ELLEDGEFirst Lieutenant · July 24, 1968
- JOHN WAYNE ACOSTASpecialist Four · July 27, 1968
- RONALD EUGENE DAVISPrivate First Class · September 2, 1968
- MARVIN COOK JRCaptain · January 26, 1969
- HAROLD EDWARD CROWDERPrivate First Class · March 3, 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.