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THOMAS STEVEN JONES
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 22, 1947 – October 24, 1967
Service recordThomas Steven Jones, of Rome, Georgia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 24, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 60
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- September 22, 1947
- Home of record
- Rome, Georgia (Floyd County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 24, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date October 24, 1967; six of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 105 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 60
- ROBERT DEAN CRAWFORDPrivate First Class · October 24, 1967
- GARY WAYNE HAWKINSPrivate First Class · October 24, 1967
- ROBERT DUANE JESSENSpecialist Four · October 24, 1967
- FREDDIE JOE KEELEYPrivate First Class · October 24, 1967
From Rome
- WILLIAM WELTON ENGLISH JRSpecialist Four · October 17, 1966
- WILLIAM LEE COVINGTONLieutenant · January 7, 1969
- LEROY BOYD WEBBSecond Lieutenant · April 10, 1967
- WILLIAM RAY FOWLERHospitalman · May 10, 1967
- DONALD WAYNE DIXONPrivate First Class · February 16, 1968
- JOHNNY EDWARD GANTTSergeant · March 26, 1968
- JOHNNY WAYNE SITTENLance Corporal · May 18, 1968
- JOHN DAVID GOLLAHONLieutenant (junior grade) · June 30, 1968
- RICHARD LEE JUSTICELance Corporal · July 24, 1968
- WILLIAM EDWARD FINLEYSpecialist Four · February 2, 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.