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Soldiers of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade wait for a UH-1D during Operation Junction City, 1967.
Soldiers of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade wait for a UH-1D during Operation Junction City, 1967. Photo: U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Russell Jones JR.

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RUSSELL JONES JR

Specialist Four · U.S. Army

June 11, 1948 – November 30, 1969

Service record

Russell Jones JR, of Woodstock, Georgia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 30, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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Panel 15W · Line 9

Position of Panel 15W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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Service

Branch
U.S. Army
Rank
Specialist Four (SP4)
Service
Drafted (Selective Service)
Occupation
Combat Engineer (12B)
Unit (as recorded)
A CO 20 ENG BN 937 ENG GRP 18 ENG BDE
Born
June 11, 1948
Home of record
Woodstock, Georgia (Cherokee County)

Casualty

Date of death
November 30, 1969
Age
21
Province
Kontum
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Other Accident

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15 names on the Wall carry the date November 30, 1969; he was the only one lost in Kon Tum Province that day. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

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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.