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WILLIAM JUNIOR JONES
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 22, 1942 – January 27, 1969
Service recordWilliam Junior Jones, of Westminster, South Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 27, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 2
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- April 22, 1942
- Home of record
- Westminster, South Carolina (Oconee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 27, 1969
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date January 27, 1969; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 84 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 2
- HAROLD HENRY HUNTERSergeant · January 27, 1969
- MARK NELS JACOBSONFirst Lieutenant · January 27, 1969
- ELTON LEE JENNINGS JRSpecialist Four · January 27, 1969
- JOHN DAVID KEELSpecialist Four · January 27, 1969
From Westminster
- DAVID WAYNE SMITHPrivate First Class · February 12, 1969
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.