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WILLIAM JONES JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 18, 1934 – June 18, 1966
Service recordWilliam Jones JR, of Savannah, Georgia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 18, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 61
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 18, 1934
- Home of record
- Savannah, Georgia (Chatham County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 18, 1966
- Age
- 31
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date June 18, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 73 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 61
- MICHAEL ANTHONY NAJARIANHospitalman · June 18, 1966
- FRANK BRENNAN PARISHLance Corporal · June 18, 1966
- ROBERTO ROCHA JRSpecialist Four · June 18, 1966
- WILLIAM KEEN STOLL JRPrivate First Class · June 18, 1966
Same unit, same day
- SAM CANADA JRSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 60
- CLARENCE GENE FORMANPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 60
- ELTON ODIS HARRISStaff Sergeant · Panel 8E, Line 60
From Savannah
- WILLIAM FREW TRAIN IIIFirst Lieutenant · June 16, 1962
- HENRY STERLING MCWHORTERLieutenant · August 29, 1965
- JERRY JIVENSStaff Sergeant · November 15, 1965
- JAMES MAYNARD SPENCESpecialist Four · February 27, 1966
- BARNETTE GARTRELL JENKINSPrivate First Class · March 2, 1966
- HARLOW GARY CLARK JRLieutenant Colonel · March 7, 1966
- JOHN EDWARD CAIL JRSpecialist Four · May 9, 1966
- WILLMATT BROWNPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- ERNEST MAXWELL SHUMAN JRSpecialist Five · August 1, 1966
- DANIEL CLEVELAND JONESLance Corporal · September 28, 1966
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.