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WILLIAM JONES
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 30, 1936 – February 1, 1966
Service recordWilliam Jones, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 1, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 129 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 129
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C CO 2 BN 18 INF
- Born
- January 30, 1936
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 1, 1966
- Age
- 30
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date February 1, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 129
- RUSSELL ODELL HATTONCorporal · February 1, 1966
- NELSON LLOYD HAYESSergeant · February 1, 1966
- WILLIAM THOMAS HAYNESPrivate First Class · February 1, 1966
- GALEN FRANCIS HUMPHREYGunnery Sergeant · February 1, 1966
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 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.