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STOKELY JAMES JONES
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 23, 1948 – September 17, 1969
Service recordStokely James Jones, of Goldsboro, North Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 17, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 102
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 23, 1948
- Home of record
- Goldsboro, North Carolina (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 17, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date September 17, 1969; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 71 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 18W, Line 102
- DENNIS WAYNE FERGUSONPrivate First Class · September 17, 1969
- WILLIAM ANDREW FITCHSpecialist Five · September 17, 1969
- RONALD JAMES HAGENMaster Sergeant · September 17, 1969
- GARY LEE HAUGHTSpecialist Five · September 17, 1969
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH GEORGE BURLOCK JRSpecialist Four · Panel 18W, Line 100
From Goldsboro
- DONALD EDWARD DANIELSSpecialist Four · February 14, 1966
- GEORGE HENRY WILKINSCommander · July 11, 1966
- CASCO DEVAUGHN HOWELLPrivate · July 20, 1966
- MURRAY LYMAN BORDENMajor · October 13, 1966
- JOSEPH M GRANTHAM IIIPrivate First Class · May 19, 1967
- RICHARD VERNON RIGGSStaff Sergeant · May 14, 1968
- BOBBY RAY LANEPrivate · June 18, 1968
- EDMOND RAY TOLERPrivate First Class · August 13, 1968
- EDGAR FELTON DAVISLieutenant Colonel · September 17, 1968
- DAN LAVERNE JENKINSLance Corporal · January 29, 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.