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THOMAS DEWITT JONES
Corporal · U.S. Army
November 4, 1944 – August 16, 1969
Service recordThomas Dewitt Jones, of Gadsden, Alabama, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 16, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 50
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 4, 1944
- Home of record
- Gadsden, Alabama (Etowah County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 16, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date August 16, 1969; six of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 50
- CLIFFORD MICHAEL GIBSONPrivate First Class · August 16, 1969
- WILLIAM STEPHEN HEIDERSpecialist Four · August 16, 1969
- LAWRENCE JAMES HUMPHREYCorporal · August 16, 1969
- WILLIAM NAPOLEON LAGRONESergeant First Class · August 16, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM STEPHEN HEIDERSpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 50
- RODNEY DWIGHT LITTLECorporal · Panel 19W, Line 51
- SAMUEL HENRY PIERCE JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 19W, Line 51
- CHARLES LEONARD TROXELPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 52
- EUGENE TUCKERSpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 52
From Gadsden
- RICHARD DEWAYNE BEARDENPrivate First Class · January 29, 1966
- JERRY WAYNE MCNABBCaptain · June 27, 1966
- LEWIS CECIL BARNARDSergeant · July 18, 1966
- FREDDIE BEE GLOVERPrivate First Class · August 14, 1966
- JIMMIE BRYSON DENNEYPrivate First Class · August 17, 1966
- DAVID HAROLD FREEMANSergeant · October 12, 1966
- LEWIS EDWARD MILAMCorporal · March 21, 1967
- RICKY GENE SMITHPrivate First Class · April 30, 1967
- CHARLES R LATTAMajor · August 9, 1967
- MELVIN BAKERStaff Sergeant · January 8, 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.