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ROY MITCHELL JONES
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
June 29, 1931 – May 28, 1966
Service recordRoy Mitchell Jones, of Widener, Arkansas, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on May 28, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 113 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 113
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 29, 1931
- Home of record
- Widener, Arkansas (St Francis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 28, 1966
- Age
- 34
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date May 28, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 93 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 113
- CHARLES EDGAR STUARTStaff Sergeant · May 19, 1966
- JIMMY REX BALLPrivate First Class · May 28, 1966
- MICHAEL THOMAS GLYNNESecond Lieutenant · May 28, 1966
- JAMES ANTHONY HARKLESSPrivate First Class · May 28, 1966
- THOMAS MICHAEL KOCHPrivate First Class · May 28, 1966
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL THOMAS GLYNNESecond Lieutenant · Panel 7E, Line 113
- LEROY ROBINSONPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 114
From Widener
- RAYMOND NITO RIVERAPrivate First Class · February 2, 1969
- CHARLES WESTLEY ELLIS JRPrivate First Class · September 24, 1969
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.