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WILLIAM COY JONES
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 18, 1944 – December 20, 1967
Service recordWilliam Coy Jones, of Roswell, New Mexico, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 20, 1967, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 31
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 18, 1944
- Home of record
- Roswell, New Mexico (Chaves County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 20, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date December 20, 1967; five of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 106 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 31
- WILLIAM CAREY JANESSpecialist Four · December 20, 1967
- LEROY JEFFERSONStaff Sergeant · December 20, 1967
- HORATIO LEE JONESSpecialist Four · December 20, 1967
- BERNARD PHILLIP MEINEN JRSpecialist Four · December 20, 1967
Same unit, same day
- CARL EUGENE MURRAYSpecialist Four · Panel 32E, Line 30
- WILLIAM CAREY JANESSpecialist Four · Panel 32E, Line 31
- HORATIO LEE JONESSpecialist Four · Panel 32E, Line 31
- MORRIS GENE MCPHAILSpecialist Four · Panel 32E, Line 32
- FRANK GEORGE MICHULKASpecialist Four · Panel 32E, Line 32
- BARRY ALLAN THOMPSONPrivate First Class · Panel 32E, Line 33
From Roswell
- LAVON STEPHEN WILSONSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- CRESENCIO PAUL SANCHEZPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- GERALD SHIELDS SIMONSMajor · August 8, 1966
- JULIUS MITCHELL SANDERSPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
- JOHN RUDOLPH CUMMINS JRPrivate First Class · September 17, 1966
- LARRY PAUL CAMPOSSpecialist Four · December 3, 1966
- JOHN K ADAMSCaptain · March 26, 1967
- TRINE ROMERO JRPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- HECTOR MARIO SAENZPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- BENNIE LEE WESTCorporal · September 1, 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.