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WILLIAM EDWARD JONES
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 18, 1946 – July 14, 1970
Service recordWilliam Edward Jones, of Millsboro, Delaware, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 14, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 17
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- May 18, 1946
- Home of record
- Millsboro, Delaware (Sussex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 14, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date July 14, 1970; eight of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 114 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 17
- ROBERT BRADSHER JRCorporal · July 14, 1970
- DENNIS WILLARD HUFFINESergeant · July 14, 1970
- JOHN LOY KEISTERSergeant · July 14, 1970
- HOWARD WILSON LAYNE JRStaff Sergeant · July 14, 1970
Same unit, same day
- PAUL GERALD GUIMONDStaff Sergeant · Panel 8W, Line 16
- JAMES THOMAS HEMBREE JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 8W, Line 16
- DENNIS WILLARD HUFFINESergeant · Panel 8W, Line 17
- JOHN LOY KEISTERSergeant · Panel 8W, Line 17
- TERRY ALAN PALMFirst Lieutenant · Panel 8W, Line 18
- GARY LEE SCHNEIDERStaff Sergeant · Panel 8W, Line 18
- KEITH EDWARD UTTERCorporal · Panel 8W, Line 19
From Millsboro
- JAMES EDWARD HOLDENPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
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.