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WILBERT EARL JONES
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 22, 1949 – October 17, 1970
Service recordWilbert Earl Jones, of Mt Olive, North Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 17, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 5
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- December 22, 1949
- Home of record
- Mt Olive, North Carolina (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 17, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date October 17, 1970; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 6W, Line 5
- GARY WAYNE ENGELHARDTChief Warrant Officer 2 · October 17, 1970
- WILLIAM MAX KOTNIKSergeant · October 17, 1970
- GUY LAMAR MEARS JRSpecialist Four · October 17, 1970
- JAMES JOSEPH QUINN IIIPrivate First Class · October 17, 1970
Same unit, same day
- BENTON CLAUDE WILLIAMSONSpecialist Four · Panel 6W, Line 6
From Mt Olive
- HERBERT PEARSALL JRSergeant · November 21, 1966
- PHILLIP WAYNE PIGFORDSergeant · March 6, 1968
- GEORGE PATRICK POWERLance Corporal · June 16, 1968
- PHILLIP DEAN HARDYCorporal · June 11, 1969
- JOSEPH N HARGROVELance Corporal · May 15, 1975
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.