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RONALD WEAVER JONES
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 1, 1943 – March 27, 1966
Service recordRonald Weaver Jones, of Cincinnati, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 27, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 53
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Supplyman (76A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 1, 1943
- Home of record
- Cincinnati, Ohio (Hamilton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 27, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date March 27, 1966. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 53
- DAVID COLVINLance Corporal · March 27, 1966
- RICHARD FRANCIS GRAHAMPrivate First Class · March 27, 1966
- MERLE ELDON JONESSecond Lieutenant · March 27, 1966
- ELWIN CLAUDE WISEPrivate First Class · March 27, 1966
Same unit, same day
- HORACE ALVESTER HAMPTONPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 55
From Cincinnati
- ROBERT DAVID BENNETTCaptain · November 5, 1962
- TOM WARDSergeant First Class · August 20, 1964
- KENNETH EDWARD HUMELieutenant Commander · March 29, 1965
- JAMES MELVEN PENNYPrivate First Class · July 15, 1965
- GENE RAYMOND GOLLAHONLieutenant · August 13, 1965
- LEONARD FREDERICK VOGT JRCommander · September 18, 1965
- CLARENCE HENRY GRAYStaff Sergeant · October 5, 1965
- EDWARD KEMPPrivate First Class · October 23, 1965
- CHARLES R DAVIS JRSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- TOMMY ALLEN DOAKPrivate First Class · November 17, 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.