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WILLIAM JONES JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 26, 1943 – March 3, 1966
Service recordWilliam Jones JR, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 3, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 97
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Ammunition Helper (55A)
- Born
- January 26, 1943
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 3, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date March 3, 1966. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 97
- LOOMIS OGLESBY IIISpecialist Four · March 3, 1966
- CHARLES WAYNE RADERLance Corporal · March 3, 1966
- DENNIS LEE TALKINGTONLance Corporal · March 3, 1966
- GARY CHARLES ALLENPrivate · March 4, 1966
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 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.