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ROOSEVELT JONES
Master Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 19, 1928 – January 19, 1968
Service recordRoosevelt Jones, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 19, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 39. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 78
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Master Sergeant (MSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Senior Sergeant (11G)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 19, 1928
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 19, 1968
- Age
- 39
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date January 19, 1968; five of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 73 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 78
- RANDOLPH ROBERT JONESSpecialist Four · January 19, 1968
- JACK JOSEPH KUPFERERPrivate First Class · January 19, 1968
- FLOYD CAMILLE LACHNEYSpecialist Four · January 19, 1968
- BERT DOUGLAS LEFLERCorporal · January 19, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JUAN CARLOS CASTELLANOSCorporal · Panel 34E, Line 75
- DONALD A COFFINCorporal · Panel 34E, Line 75
- JOSEPH GERWATOWSKISergeant · Panel 34E, Line 76
- JAMES RUSSELL MOOREPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 79
- PATRICK ROBERT WOLFE JRSecond Lieutenant · Panel 34E, Line 83
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 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.