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WILLIS GEORGE JONES
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 12, 1948 – May 13, 1968
Service recordWillis George Jones, of Grand Rapids, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 13, 1968, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 59E, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 59E · Line 25
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
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- February 12, 1948
- Home of record
- Grand Rapids, Michigan (Kent County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 13, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
101 names on the Wall carry the date May 13, 1968. 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 59E, Line 25
- GARLAND DUANE JACKSONSpecialist Four · May 13, 1968
- MICHAEL JOSEPH JUNEAUSpecialist Four · May 13, 1968
- PAUL JAY KINGERYSergeant · May 13, 1968
- EDWARD GILBERT LEESergeant · May 13, 1968
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD GILBERT LEESergeant · Panel 59E, Line 25
From Grand Rapids
- MILLARD RUSSELL VALERIUSCaptain · May 28, 1965
- ROBERT JEROME MORONEYCaptain · December 14, 1965
- HERMAN LEROY HUEYSergeant · February 7, 1966
- DONALD BRUCE ADAMSONSecond Lieutenant · February 23, 1966
- JERRY EMMET PARKSPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- DAVID ORIN BAILEYPrivate First Class · April 8, 1966
- GARY SCOTT FERGUSONPrivate First Class · August 3, 1966
- DAVID LAWRENCE FAUGHTPrivate First Class · August 10, 1966
- EVERETTE ARTHUR THOMPSONPrivate First Class · August 10, 1966
- MATTHEW GEORGE MIEDEMAPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
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.