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RONALD WAYNE JONES
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 6, 1951 – January 11, 1970
Service recordRonald Wayne Jones, of Chesapeake, Virginia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 11, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 27
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 6, 1951
- Home of record
- Chesapeake, Virginia (Chesapeake (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 11, 1970
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date January 11, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 43 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 27
- ROY ROBERT LEWISSpecialist Four · January 11, 1970
- WILLIAM BERTRAM LIBERSKYLance Corporal · January 11, 1970
- EDGAR RUSSELL PULLIAM JRCorporal · January 11, 1970
- TERRENCE PATRICK RYANLieutenant · January 11, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JAMES WILLIAM SALTERStaff Sergeant · Panel 14W, Line 25
From Chesapeake
- WILLIAM H COBURNPrivate First Class · February 23, 1966
- KERMIT ANTHONY RAYLance Corporal · April 26, 1967
- FRED VINCENT LEELance Corporal · June 1, 1967
- DEWEY ALLEN MIDGETTPrivate · November 25, 1967
- LOUIS FRANKLIN STAPLESLance Corporal · February 5, 1968
- JAMES GUERDON SIGNETTSpecialist Four · April 4, 1968
- ELBERT ELISAH COX JRSergeant · May 1, 1968
- JOHN HENERY DIXONSpecialist Four · May 16, 1968
- HENRY LARRY GOFFSergeant · May 25, 1968
- CLEM SPENCER LOWERY JRSergeant · May 30, 1968
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.