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Casualty Info
Home Town Allport
Last Address Allport, Pennsylvania
Casualty Date May 28, 1968
Cause KIA-Killed in Action
Reason Misadventure
Location Gia Dinh (Vietnam)
Conflict Vietnam War
Location of Interment Allport Cemetery - Allport, Pennsylvania
Date of Birth September 15, 1945
Caucasian
Methodist
Single (Never Married)
Parents:
Joseph & Pauline Jones
Regular Army - Enlisted
Vietnam Tour of Duty Started March 7, 1968
Died due to an accidental claymore mines and grenades explosion inside a military vehicle and listed as Killed in Action due to the nature of accident following a major battle. Incident was about eight kilometers east-southeast of Duc Hoa City in the Gia Dinh Province, US Military Region 3, Republic of South Vietnam.
Age at death 22
Soldiers Who Died Together:
Gone But Always Remembered From the 4/23 Web Site KIA List For A Company May 28, 1968:
PFC Paul Alfred Gonzales
SP4 Richard Joseph J. Jones
CPL Robert James Plourde
PFC Robert Michael Sopko
PFC William Edward Bricker (HHC - Medic)
PFC William Patrick Flynn
Army Unit Awards For 4th Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 25th Infantry Division – Vietnam:
Valorous Unit Award
Army Presidential Unit Citation
Meritorious Unit Commendation
Cu Chi - Tay Ninh are the bases and Areas of Operation of the Battalion / Regiment noted in Vietnam Order of Battle by Stanton, page 146, during the time of death.
Died in Gia Dinh Province #24 RVN according to information on The NARA-AAD (National Archives).
Location of Death: Xom Binh Dong, 8 kilometers Southwest of Cu Chi, Gia Dinh Province as indicated in the NARA-AAD records. Military Region 3 (III Corps RVN) Saigon Area of Operation.
Probability of Death:
Written by Cliff Neilson Mohawk 6, May 26-28, 1968 Battle 28 May, 1968 - Policed battlefield with A, B, C Companies with a 3/4 Cav. Found additional 27 BC [body count,] 40-50-RPG rounds, mortar rounds, ammo, documents, 1 POW. Completed 1600 hours. A Co. had accident with 5 killed, 2 wounded, box of claymore mines exploded.
The A Company accident was determined to have occurred most likely because the crew had stored detonators in close proximity to the Claymores. Something set off the highly sensitive detonators which in turn set off the Claymores. The 5 killed were in the APC; the 2 wounded were in an adjacent APC and were hit by debris. Because of the uncertain nature of what caused the explosion, the 5 dead (killed) were listed as KIA.
The 4th Battalion / 23rd Infantry Regiment "Tomahawks" Association [25th Infantry Division] website indicates and lists six soldiers killed in this incident as noted above.
