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RONALD JONES
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 1, 1948 – May 2, 1968
Service recordRonald Jones, of Salt Lake City, Utah, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 2, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 54E, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54E · Line 9
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 1, 1948
- Home of record
- Salt Lake City, Utah (Salt Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 2, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
113 names on the Wall carry the date May 2, 1968; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 236 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 54E, Line 9
- EDWARD F GUTHRIEFirst Lieutenant · May 2, 1968
- BENJAMIN ALLEN HONEYCUTTPrivate First Class · May 2, 1968
- WILLIAM JOSEPH HUGHESPrivate First Class · May 2, 1968
- NATHANIEL HARVEY JACKSONPrivate First Class · May 2, 1968
Same unit, same day
- BENJAMIN ALLEN HONEYCUTTPrivate First Class · Panel 54E, Line 9
- THOMAS IRA LONGPrivate First Class · Panel 54E, Line 11
- JAMES DAVIS MOLPUSFirst Lieutenant · Panel 54E, Line 12
- DONALD DAVID RANDALL JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 54E, Line 15
- ALLEN DUANE ROWLESSpecialist Four · Panel 54E, Line 16
- CHARLES HERBERT TURNER JRPrivate First Class · Panel 54E, Line 19
From Salt Lake City
- DONALD VERNON MCGREGORCaptain · August 13, 1963
- REED GEORGE JENSENMajor · July 28, 1964
- FRANCIS JOHN DUNC DELMARKLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- DON RICHARD HOODCaptain · October 2, 1965
- WILLIAM LEE MILLERPrivate First Class · October 24, 1965
- ROBERT LEE STOKESSergeant · November 15, 1965
- ROBERT LEE CRAFTPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- RICHARD DENNIS PARKERSpecialist Four · January 30, 1966
- DAVID J BROADHEADPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
- THOMAS GAVIN WALSTERLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1966
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.