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SAMMY JONES JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 25, 1946 – November 16, 1966
Service recordSammy Jones JR, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 16, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 79
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B CO 2 BN 34 ARM
- Born
- October 25, 1946
- Home of record
- Tulsa, Oklahoma (Tulsa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 16, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date November 16, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 79
- DONALD ALLEN JACKSONPrivate First Class · November 16, 1966
- JAMES ROBERT JOHNSONFirst Lieutenant · November 16, 1966
- WILLIAM EDWARD JOYCE JRFirst Lieutenant · November 16, 1966
- DOUGLAS DUANE KERNSergeant · November 16, 1966
From Tulsa
- JORDEN DUWAYNE FORRESTERSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- MARTIN RONALD SCOTTColonel · March 15, 1966
- JAMES ALLEN DOKESergeant · March 24, 1966
- DAVID LEE CHAPMANPrivate First Class · May 18, 1966
- STANLEY GILBERT COXCaptain · May 18, 1966
- FLOYD WAYNE HAMILTONLance Corporal · May 23, 1966
- WILLIAM ROSS SAVAGEWarrant Officer 1 · June 24, 1966
- ISAIAH HERMAN WILSONPrivate First Class · July 15, 1966
- PAUL WILLIAM JOHNSONCaptain · July 22, 1966
- LEE GRANT JOHNSONLance Corporal · July 30, 1966
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.