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TOMMY JONES
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 31, 1945 – December 2, 1966
Service recordTommy Jones, of Bakersfield, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 2, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 5
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- December 31, 1945
- Home of record
- Bakersfield, California (Kern County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 2, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date December 2, 1966. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 5
- ROBERT RAYMOND GREGORYLieutenant Colonel · December 2, 1966
- DONALD HARRISONWarrant Officer 1 · December 2, 1966
- HENRY IRVING KLEIN JRLieutenant (junior grade) · December 2, 1966
- MONTE LARUE MOORBERGCaptain · December 2, 1966
Same unit, same day
- MARK NIGGOL ENARIFirst Lieutenant · Panel 13E, Line 4
- MEHMET ALI GILL-BEYPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 4
From Bakersfield
- CLAYTON ALLEN FANNINCaptain · January 10, 1963
- PAUL E RYTTERPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- EDWARD JOUJON-ROCHEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- BENNIE FRANK PARKERSergeant · January 30, 1966
- BILLY G FRYMaster Sergeant · February 1, 1966
- ERNESTO DOMINGUEZPrivate First Class · June 6, 1966
- BOBBY ROY HOLLEYLance Corporal · July 19, 1966
- JOHN WHILDEN PERICHPrivate First Class · July 22, 1966
- JAMES BURTON MILLSLieutenant Commander · September 21, 1966
- ROBERT JESS CALVILLOCorporal · February 28, 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.