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STEPHEN PERRY JONES
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 4, 1944 – October 27, 1967
Service recordStephen Perry Jones, of Terre Haute, Indiana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 27, 1967, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 83
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
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 4, 1944
- Home of record
- Terre Haute, Indiana (Vigo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 27, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date October 27, 1967; six of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 83
- JOHN HENRY LANCEPrivate First Class · October 27, 1967
- JAMES LEATHERWOODPrivate First Class · October 27, 1967
- TERRY LEE MALOYSergeant · October 27, 1967
- WALTER A MARABLE JRSergeant · October 27, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT J CARMODYStaff Sergeant · Panel 28E, Line 79
- LINDEN BROOK DIXONCorporal · Panel 28E, Line 81
- JON PETER TURKCorporal · Panel 28E, Line 87
- ROBERT ALTON WILLIAMSStaff Sergeant · Panel 28E, Line 89
From Terre Haute
- EUGENE RUSSELL FOWLERCaptain · April 27, 1965
- PAUL LOUIS LEMAYSergeant · October 18, 1965
- HERMAN RICHARD MENEELYPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- ROBERT RAY MYLESStaff Sergeant · July 25, 1966
- JAMES WALTER SIMSStaff Sergeant · September 9, 1966
- PEARL WAYNE MYERSPrivate First Class · March 16, 1967
- QUENTIN RIPPETOE BEECHERChief Warrant Officer 3 · June 11, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD GISHCorporal · October 25, 1967
- WILLIAM H RICHARDSON JRPrivate First Class · November 10, 1967
- JACK JOSEPH KUPFERERPrivate First Class · January 19, 1968
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.