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SEABORN DAN JONES
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 22, 1946 – January 21, 1968
Service recordSeaborn Dan Jones, of Red Oak, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 21, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 35E, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35E · Line 6
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 Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 22, 1946
- Home of record
- Red Oak, Texas (Ellis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 21, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date January 21, 1968; two 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 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 169 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35E, Line 6
- STEVEN LOUIS HELLWIGLance Corporal · January 21, 1968
- BILLY DAVID HILLSergeant First Class · January 21, 1968
- TERRY MELVIN JOHNSONPrivate First Class · January 21, 1968
- CLIFTON RANDAL JONESLance Corporal · January 21, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GLEN ROBERT BARNHILLSpecialist Four · Panel 35E, Line 2
- PAUL REX COMBSSpecialist Four · Panel 35E, Line 4
From Red Oak
- MICHAEL GLENN LOYDPrivate First Class · September 7, 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.