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WILLIE DONALD JONES
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 12, 1944 – January 10, 1967
Service recordWillie Donald Jones, of Homestead, Florida, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 10, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 6
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- October 12, 1944
- Home of record
- Homestead, Florida (Dade County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 10, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date January 10, 1967. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 14E, Line 6
- GLENN DAVID MUSSLance Corporal · January 10, 1967
- TIMM CONRAD PETERSONLance Corporal · January 10, 1967
- LLOYD D PINKERTONPrivate First Class · January 10, 1967
- DARREL L PRICESpecialist Four · January 10, 1967
Same unit, same day
- MERRITT STOVES IIIPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 7
From Homestead
- RICHARD HUGH CASSUBESergeant · February 22, 1966
- ROBERT LOUIS TERRYSpecialist Five · February 26, 1966
- DOUGLAS JOHN WEISSPrivate First Class · May 6, 1966
- ERNEST LEON HURDPrivate First Class · June 23, 1967
- DANNY R AYERSSergeant · September 14, 1968
- DONNY RAY STEWARTPrivate First Class · September 21, 1968
- BRIAN RANDALL FREDRICKCorporal · January 12, 1969
- CHARLES CRAIG VICKREYSpecialist Four · March 26, 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.