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WILLIAM THOMAS JONES
Corporal · U.S. Army
November 14, 1946 – May 21, 1968
Service recordWilliam Thomas Jones, of Decatur, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 21, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 64E, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 64E · Line 16
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- November 14, 1946
- Home of record
- Decatur, Illinois (Macon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 21, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date May 21, 1968; he was the only one lost in Kon Tum Province that day. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 99 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 64E, Line 16
- KENNETH JOSEPH KNOWLESSpecialist Four · May 21, 1968
- DENNIS WILLIAM LANECorporal · May 21, 1968
- DAVID EARL LEMCKESergeant · May 21, 1968
- JAMES WARREN LIEBESPECKStaff Sergeant · May 21, 1968
From Decatur
- ROGER HUGH MULLINSLieutenant Commander · February 17, 1960
- HERBERT J DEXTERMajor · September 18, 1965
- JAMES DARRELL WHITE JRPrivate First Class · January 29, 1966
- WILLIAM PATRICK FORANLance Corporal · March 1, 1966
- RONALD THOMAS SHELTONCaptain · April 10, 1966
- BRYAN B STOCKWELLPrivate First Class · September 20, 1966
- JOHN RUSSELL SMITHLance Corporal · October 5, 1966
- CARL GENE SMITHSpecialist Four · February 13, 1967
- STEPHEN RAY BANGERTLance Corporal · March 2, 1967
- JAMES THOMAS BRADSHAWPrivate First Class · March 18, 1967
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.