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VICTOR LAWRENCE JONES
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 20, 1950 – October 11, 1969
Service recordVictor Lawrence Jones, of Fairmont, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 11, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 67
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 20, 1950
- Home of record
- Fairmont, North Carolina (Robeson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 11, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date October 11, 1969; six of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 63 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 17W, Line 67
- LEO FRED JOHNSONSergeant First Class · October 11, 1969
- FRANK W KINKAID JRSpecialist Four · October 11, 1969
- BERNARD RICHARD KNAPICLieutenant Colonel · October 11, 1969
- MARVIN DEAN LARSONSpecialist Four · October 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DOMINGO YABBARA GARCIAPrivate First Class · Panel 17W, Line 66
- ROBERT LOONEYSergeant · Panel 17W, Line 68
- WILLIAM ORTEGA JRSpecialist Four · Panel 17W, Line 69
From Fairmont
- CHARLES TERRELL PITTMANSpecialist Four · February 13, 1966
- WILLIE JEROME PEPPERS JRSergeant · May 10, 1966
- BOBBY RAY JONESPrivate First Class · January 8, 1968
- WILLIE B MCNEILLSpecialist Four · February 10, 1968
- WILLIE F OXENDINE IIIPrivate First Class · May 30, 1968
- DAN MICHAEL BRITTSpecialist Four · March 18, 1969
- WYMAN GENE BRITTSpecialist Four · August 4, 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.