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RONALD RUSSELL JONES
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 2, 1946 – July 15, 1967
Service recordRonald Russell Jones, of New York, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 15, 1967, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 76
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- December 2, 1946
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 15, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date July 15, 1967; three of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 23E, Line 76
- EVERETT AUGUST HERRITZMaster Sergeant · July 15, 1967
- GEORGE ALFRED HOLLADAYSergeant · July 15, 1967
- CHARLES RAY HUMBLEAirman Second Class · July 15, 1967
- HARRY ALLEN KELLYPrivate First Class · July 15, 1967
Same unit, same day
- GERALD EDWARD DAVISPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 74
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 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.