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WILLIAM ARCHIE JONES JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 19, 1946 – January 21, 1967
Service recordWilliam Archie Jones JR, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 21, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 63
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 19, 1946
- Home of record
- Colorado Springs, Colorado (El Paso County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 21, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date January 21, 1967; five of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 79 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 63
- GEORGE BRYANT GIVENS JRLance Corporal · February 22, 1966
- JIMMY DALE HESSONSpecialist Four · January 21, 1967
- JERRY FRANKS HOGANLieutenant Commander · January 21, 1967
- BILLY CHARLES JONESSpecialist Four · January 21, 1967
- GEORGE LOWMajor · January 21, 1967
Same unit, same day
- FUIFUITAUA AMISONEStaff Sergeant · Panel 14E, Line 7
- STEVEN DAVID FRANCISPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 62
- JIMMY DALE HESSONSpecialist Four · Panel 14E, Line 63
- MANUEL VAILLIDO TREVINOCorporal · Panel 14E, Line 65
- JOHN LESTER WILHELMSpecialist Five · Panel 14E, Line 65
- CHARLES MICHAEL YATESPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 65
From Colorado Springs
- RALPH ALLEN DUNNWarrant Officer 1 · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM ROBERT ROMACKPrivate First Class · May 9, 1966
- DONALD ESTEL COOKSergeant · June 8, 1966
- CHARLIE FRAZIER JRStaff Sergeant · July 9, 1966
- ROBERT DELL MOORESeaman · January 14, 1967
- JAMES OLEN MILLERPetty Officer Second Class · February 6, 1967
- BENITO ALANIZSergeant · March 19, 1967
- TIMOTHY JAMES IVESCorporal · April 30, 1967
- PAUL FREDERICK KIECKERLieutenant Colonel · June 17, 1967
- THOMAS DESMOND LANMANSpecialist Four · September 17, 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.