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WILBERT JASPER JONES JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 17, 1940 – August 9, 1970
Service recordWilbert Jasper Jones JR, of Keysville, Virginia, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 9, 1970, in Binh Thuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 97
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Cannon Crewmember (13B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 17, 1940
- Home of record
- Keysville, Virginia (Charlotte County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 9, 1970
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Binh Thuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date August 9, 1970; four of them were lost in Binh Thuy Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 97
- DENNIS WAYNE BAXLEYSergeant · August 9, 1970
- IVERY LEE BAXTERPrivate First Class · August 9, 1970
- SHAWN GLEN CANNONWarrant Officer 1 · August 9, 1970
- ROBERT WILLIAM ELLIOTTSergeant · August 9, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DON WAYNE AVERYSpecialist Four · Panel 8W, Line 96
- JOHN HENRY LIGHTSEYCorporal · Panel 8W, Line 98
- ANTHONY VINCENT MARTINEZPrivate First Class · Panel 8W, Line 98
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.