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VICTOR WAYNE JONES
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 11, 1948 – October 7, 1969
Service recordVictor Wayne Jones, of Beaumont, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 7, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 47
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 11, 1948
- Home of record
- Beaumont, Texas (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 7, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date October 7, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 47
- TERRY LEE ALBRIGHTPrivate First Class · October 7, 1969
- LARRY RAY GLOVERStaff Sergeant · October 7, 1969
- CLARENCE JAY HALLSpecialist Four · October 7, 1969
- JOHN FRANCIS KAZANOWSKICaptain · October 7, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROOSEVELT WALLACECorporal · Panel 17W, Line 48
From Beaumont
- JAMES LOUIS ALLENPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- ROBERT LOUIS HOPKINSSpecialist Five · February 6, 1966
- WARREN SHELBY MCELHANONPrivate First Class · March 9, 1966
- JOHN HENRY EAGLINSergeant · April 11, 1966
- DENNIS LEE REEVESSergeant · April 14, 1966
- FREDERIC WILLIAM FRITTSSpecialist Four · June 29, 1966
- BRENT IKE GRIGGSPrivate First Class · July 20, 1966
- CLAUDE BENJAMIN RUSH JRStaff Sergeant · December 29, 1966
- CLAIR LEONARD RAY SAINTCorporal · February 26, 1967
- LARRY WAYNE WILKERSONPrivate First Class · April 20, 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.