SFC FREDERICK OLEN
JONES
552nd Military Police Company
Age
31 - From Smyrna Beach, Florida
Killed in action October 2, 1971 - Pleiku, South Viet Nam
FROM
"552 MILITARY POLICE.COM -
In Memory of Our Comrades"
(http://www.552militarypolice.com/memory.html)
Sergeant First
Class Fred Jones joined the 552 coming to us from his favorite
assignment: Panama of which he spoke often. Fred was our Operations
Sergeant responsible for handling the dispatch of personnel for their
missions. He was a great organizer who kept the show going and did so
with a cheerful approach.
On Fred's
second tour he was assigned as an advisor to the Pleiku Prisoner of War
compound. On one afternoon several prisoners loaned out to a local
Vietnamese Engineer Unit escaped by clubbing their guards with shovels
and stealing their M14. One prisoner in attempts to find cover from the
Vietnamese MP's was able to hide under a ledge of a creek bed thus
avoiding being hit. Thinking that all the prisoners had been killed or
captured Fred went down to check it out. When the prisoner saw Fred he
fired one round fatally wounding Fred. Fred was truly one of the good
guys that passed through our lives and for that we are forever grateful
and better for it.
Thanks Fred.
INFORMATION
FOUND AT VIETNAM VETERANS
MEMORIAL FUND WEBSITE
(www.vvmf.org)
FREDERICK OLEN
JONES
is honored
on Panel 2W, Row 34 of
the Vietnam
Veterans Memorial.
Full Name:
FREDERICK OLEN JONES
Wall Name:
FREDERICK O JONES
Date of
Birth: 2/10/1940
Date of
Casualty: 10/2/1971
Home of
Record: NEW SMYRNA BEACH
State: FL
Branch of
Service: ARMY
Rank: SFC
Casualty
Country: SOUTH VIETNAM
Casualty
Province: PLEIKU
FROM
"THE VIETNAM MEMORIAL WALL"
(http://tanaya.net/vmw/J/rec-26607.html)
Let us not
forget Sergeant First Class Frederick Olen Jones, casualty of the
Vietnam War. As a member of the Army, SFC Jones served our country
until October 2nd, 1971 in Pleiku, South Vietnam. He was 31 years old
and was married. Frederick died from small arms fire. His body was
recovered. Frederick was born on February 10th, 1940 in New Smyrna
Beach, Florida.
SFC Jones
is on panel 02W, line 034 of the Veterans Memorial Wall in Washington
D.C.
CASUALTY
RECORD FOR FREDERICK OLEN JONES
FROM WWW.NO-QUARTER.ORG
(http://www.no-quarter.org/gui/detail.php?ID=26608)
GENERAL/PERSONAL
Home: New
Smyrna Beach, Florida
Birth Date:
1940-02-10
Sex: Male
Race:
Caucasian
Married/Single:
Married
Religion:
Baptist - Other Groups
Citizen:
Yes
MILITARY
Service:
Army
Rank: SFC
Serial
Number: 266589479
Component:
Regular
Grade: E7
MOS: 95B40
Length of
Service: **
Start of
Tour: 1971-02-15
CASUALTY
Casualty
Date: 1971-10-02
Casualty
Type: Hostile, Died
Reason:
Gun, Small Arms Fire
Air or
Ground: Ground Casualty
Country:
South Vietnam
Province:
Pleiku
Posthumous
Promotion: No change
Body
Recovered: Body recovered
Location on
The Wall: Panel 02W - Row 034
RefNo:
29917
Processed
Date: 7110
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