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RALPH WAYNE JONES
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 3, 1950 – April 10, 1971
Service recordRalph Wayne Jones, of Billingsley, Alabama, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 10, 1971, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 116 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 116
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)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 3, 1950
- Home of record
- Billingsley, Alabama (Autauga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 10, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date April 10, 1971; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 116
- DENNIS EARL JAHNSpecialist Four · April 10, 1971
- JACK LLOYD KINGStaff Sergeant · April 10, 1971
- STEVEN WAYNE MANESSSergeant · April 10, 1971
- MARTIN TERRANCE MCDONALDSergeant · April 10, 1971
From Billingsley
- JAMES ALVIN RAINWATER JRMajor · July 12, 1967
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.