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WAYNE ELMER JONES
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
May 1, 1934 – August 17, 1967
Service recordWayne Elmer Jones, of Fairbanks, Alaska, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on August 17, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 7
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- May 1, 1934
- Home of record
- Fairbanks, Alaska
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 17, 1967
- Age
- 33
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date August 17, 1967. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 7
- CHARLES DAVID HOMLieutenant (junior grade) · August 17, 1967
- JON ROY HONRATHPrivate First Class · August 17, 1967
- RONALD JAMES JOHNSONPrivate First Class · August 17, 1967
- KEITH WARREN F LIVERMOREPrivate First Class · August 17, 1967
From Fairbanks
- ROBERT EDWARD LEESpecialist Four · February 17, 1966
- KERMIT HAROLD LABELLE JRPrivate First Class · July 28, 1967
- DAVID REESE YOUNG JRSecond Lieutenant · March 15, 1968
- DAVID LYNN FERRYSpecialist Five · August 22, 1968
- WILLIAM STEVEN CHILDERSWarrant Officer 1 · January 3, 1969
- PATRICK M MCINERNEYPrivate First Class · March 12, 1969
- GILBERT KETZLER JRPrivate First Class · October 10, 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.