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PHILIP ALFONSO JONES
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 1, 1939 – April 11, 1966
Service recordPhilip Alfonso Jones, of Washington, District of Columbia, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 11, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 101 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 101
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- March 1, 1939
- Home of record
- Washington, District of Columbia (District Of Columbia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 11, 1966
- Age
- 27
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date April 11, 1966. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 106 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 101
- EVERETT EUGENE LANGSTONPlatoon Sergeant · April 11, 1966
- EDWIN HARRY LEVERINGStaff Sergeant · April 11, 1966
- RICHARD JOSEPH MANLEYSergeant · April 11, 1966
- EMMITT MAYS JRPrivate · April 11, 1966
Same unit, same day
- MARION FRANKLIN ACTONPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 96
- CARL DWAYNE BUCKLEYPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 96
- CLARENCE EDWARD BARNESSergeant · Panel 6E, Line 97
- HOWARD CALVIN BLEVINSSpecialist Four · Panel 6E, Line 97
- ANDREW J CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 97
- WILLIAM HARVEY CAUSEYSergeant · Panel 6E, Line 97
- RALPH COLEMANStaff Sergeant · Panel 6E, Line 98
- JOHN ALLEN DAVISPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 98
- DONALD EUGENE DERMONT JRSpecialist Four · Panel 6E, Line 98
- DENNIS A DESCOPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 98
- PHILYAW FEEPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 99
- EUGENE GARRETT JRSpecialist Four · Panel 6E, Line 99
- EDWARD LEE GEORGEPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 99
- BOZY GERALDStaff Sergeant · Panel 6E, Line 99
- DAVID A HAMMETTPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 100
- CHARLES EDWARD HARVEYPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 100
- NORMAN LEVERN HAWKINSPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 100
- ROBERT ALLEN JOHNSONPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 100
- EVERETT EUGENE LANGSTONPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 6E, Line 101
- EDWIN HARRY LEVERINGStaff Sergeant · Panel 6E, Line 101
- RICHARD JOSEPH MANLEYSergeant · Panel 6E, Line 101
- EMMITT MAYS JRPrivate · Panel 6E, Line 101
- RANDALL BOYD PRINZSpecialist Four · Panel 6E, Line 102
- CHARLES DOYLE OGLESBYSpecialist Four · Panel 6E, Line 103
From Washington
- HOMER CLEO MCINTYRE JRCaptain · July 28, 1964
- JAMES MARTIN CALEStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- GEZA TEGLASSergeant · October 27, 1965
- LOUIS SHERRODSergeant · November 6, 1965
- LEROY HILLPlatoon Sergeant · November 8, 1965
- CALVIN BOUKNIGHTSpecialist Five · November 16, 1965
- PAUL EDWARD HURDLEStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- THEODORE M BEAMONSpecialist Four · November 23, 1965
- HARRY RONALD HOSKINSONSpecialist Four · December 13, 1965
- WILLIE MITCHELL JRAirman First Class · December 20, 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.