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THOMAS HUBERT JONES
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 14, 1948 – June 11, 1968
Service recordThomas Hubert Jones, of Salem, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 11, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 58W, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58W · Line 26
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- February 14, 1948
- Home of record
- Salem, New Jersey (Salem County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 11, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date June 11, 1968; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 65 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 58W, Line 26
- TERRY LEE IVENERPrivate First Class · June 11, 1968
- DONALD WAYNE JACOBSFirst Lieutenant · June 11, 1968
- SAM JONESLance Corporal · June 11, 1968
- WILBER DEAN MONROELance Corporal · June 11, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GLADSTON CALLWOODSpecialist Four · Panel 58W, Line 22
- DAVID MICHAEL CRONINStaff Sergeant · Panel 58W, Line 23
- JAMES DOUGLAS FAZZINOCorporal · Panel 58W, Line 24
From Salem
- CLAUDE WILLIAM MCBRIDEStaff Sergeant · August 23, 1963
- CHARLES FREDRICK COINERPrivate First Class · March 3, 1966
- DONALD LEE LEHEWSergeant First Class · August 26, 1966
- ALEXANDER COLES JRHospitalman · January 23, 1967
- DONALD LEE HUNTERPrivate First Class · January 27, 1968
- ROBERT THOMAS FERRELLIPrivate First Class · March 18, 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.