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WILLIE LEE JONES JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 22, 1947 – September 5, 1967
Service recordWillie Lee Jones JR, of Norristown, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 5, 1967, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 1
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- March 22, 1947
- Home of record
- Norristown, Pennsylvania (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 5, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date September 5, 1967; eight of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 52 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 1
- WILLIAM EDDIE HOCKERCaptain · September 5, 1967
- MICHAEL LOUIS LAPORTEChief Petty Officer · September 5, 1967
- RICHARD BILL LOZANOPrivate First Class · September 5, 1967
- DAVID GLENN WOODRUFFAirman First Class · September 5, 1967
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM ROBERT BRENNANPrivate First Class · Panel 25E, Line 113
- ELMER DON BYRDSpecialist Four · Panel 25E, Line 113
- ARNOLD BENSON JRSpecialist Four · Panel 25E, Line 114
- WILLIAM T MCDANIELSpecialist Four · Panel 26E, Line 2
- EDWIN PAUL PRENTICESpecialist Four · Panel 26E, Line 3
- BRAVIE SOTOSergeant · Panel 26E, Line 4
- KENNETH J KRAUSESpecialist Four · Panel 26E, Line 5
From Norristown
- ROBERT FRANCIS RONCAMajor · February 19, 1965
- WILLIAM RICHARD REESE JRPrivate First Class · June 25, 1966
- NICHOLAS JOSEPH FULMERSpecialist Four · November 12, 1966
- MICHAEL ALEXANDER BARONOWSKILance Corporal · November 29, 1966
- NILS ARDEN DRENNENPrivate First Class · March 12, 1967
- JOHN ELLWOOD SCHEETZPrivate First Class · May 17, 1967
- DANIEL WILLIAM BRADYLance Corporal · July 2, 1967
- DAVID BRAUCH LEFEVERCorporal · September 6, 1967
- JIMMIE LUE MCMORRISPrivate First Class · November 15, 1967
- JAMES ARTHUR WATSONPrivate First Class · November 21, 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.