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ROBERT EUGENE JONES
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 7, 1948 – August 5, 1969
Service recordRobert Eugene Jones, of Nashville, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 5, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 97
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 7, 1948
- Home of record
- Nashville, Illinois (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 5, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date August 5, 1969; six of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 97
- JAMES WARREN DONNELLY JRStaff Sergeant · August 5, 1969
- WALTER JOSEPH GUTOWSKICaptain · August 5, 1969
- JOHN EDWARD D HUGHES JRPrivate First Class · August 5, 1969
- RICHARD LOWELL IRVINSpecialist Four · August 5, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT LEO KRAFTSpecialist Four · Panel 20W, Line 98
- VERLE NORMAN LARSONSpecialist Four · Panel 20W, Line 98
- LYLE GORDON LEPPKEPrivate First Class · Panel 20W, Line 98
- FRANK EDWARD LITCHFIELDFirst Lieutenant · Panel 20W, Line 98
- DAVID MARTIN SWANPrivate First Class · Panel 20W, Line 99
From Nashville
- MERILL LAWRENCE SUEDMEYERPrivate First Class · June 19, 1967
- JOHN CHARLES JAVORCHIKCorporal · July 4, 1969
- DAVID OSCAR HAAKESergeant · August 12, 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.