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SCOTT WINFIELD JONES
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 17, 1947 – April 20, 1971
Service recordScott Winfield Jones, of Alameda, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 20, 1971, in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 136 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 136
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radio Operator (05B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- December 17, 1947
- Home of record
- Alameda, California (Alameda County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 20, 1971
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Phuoc Tuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date April 20, 1971; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Tuy Province that day. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 60 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 136
- KEVIN DOUGLAS GROGANSergeant · April 20, 1971
- JOSEPH LINDSEY HALLCorporal · April 20, 1971
- JOHN THOMAS WALLACEFirst Lieutenant · April 20, 1971
- CHARLES RICHARD LABOUNTYPrivate First Class · April 21, 1971
Same unit, same day
- KEVIN DOUGLAS GROGANSergeant · Panel 4W, Line 136
From Alameda
- LOSSY RAY WANGLERLance Corporal · March 20, 1966
- MILTON J S SEUPrivate First Class · June 4, 1966
- ROBERT PATRICK SOUSALance Corporal · July 10, 1966
- DEREK BOYD POPESpecialist Four · August 8, 1966
- BRUCE EDGAR YATESFirst Lieutenant · November 7, 1966
- VENNIE LEE SMITHPrivate First Class · January 9, 1967
- GARY ANTHONY PLUMBPrivate First Class · March 11, 1967
- VINCENT RICHARD WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · March 21, 1967
- GARY TERRENCE COLEMANPrivate First Class · July 12, 1967
- AUSTIN BRUCE COOKStaff Sergeant · July 17, 1967
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.