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WAYMON LOUIS JONES JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
February 3, 1947 – March 14, 1969
Service recordWaymon Louis Jones JR, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 14, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 38
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- February 3, 1947
- Home of record
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 14, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date March 14, 1969; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 38
- SYDNEY CLAUDE HOWARDLance Corporal · March 14, 1969
- WILLIAM JAMES HUTTONPetty Officer Second Class · March 14, 1969
- ANDREW JOSEPH KUKURUDAPrivate First Class · March 14, 1969
- STEPHEN WAYNE LUCIASpecialist Four · March 14, 1969
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD RUSSELL BEASLEYSergeant · Panel 29W, Line 35
- FURNACE FREEMAN JRCorporal · Panel 29W, Line 37
- STEPHEN WAYNE LUCIASpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 38
From Pittsburgh
- CLEVELAND WILLIAM GORDONMajor · January 7, 1964
- THEODORE ALAN WINOWITCHPrivate First Class · December 30, 1964
- CHARLES FREDRICK CLYDESDALELieutenant (junior grade) · March 15, 1965
- WILLIAM DONAVAN BENNINGStaff Sergeant · May 11, 1965
- FRANK HUFFORD BLANKSergeant · August 18, 1965
- JOHN L JEMISONPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- FRANK JOSEPH NADANY JRSergeant First Class · October 31, 1965
- RUSSELL EARL HAMMONDSergeant First Class · November 5, 1965
- HARRY FRANCIS JEDRZEJEWSKIPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- RONALD JOSEPH LOERLEINSergeant · November 25, 1965
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.