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THOMAS WELDON JONES
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 16, 1947 – August 29, 1967
Service recordThomas Weldon Jones, of District Heights, Maryland, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 29, 1967, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 63
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 16, 1947
- Home of record
- District Heights, Maryland (Prince George's County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 29, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date August 29, 1967; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuan Province that day. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 59 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 63
- LONNIE ONEAL HILLSpecialist Four · August 29, 1967
- ALBERT C HORACE JRSergeant · August 29, 1967
- J D WILLIAM KERSEYLance Corporal · August 29, 1967
- TIMOTHY FRANCIS LIESECorporal · August 29, 1967
From District Heights
- JOHN FRANCIS PENDERHospitalman · September 24, 1967
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.