Rank: Specialist 4
Unit: E Troop, 2nd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 11D – Armor Reconnaissance Specialist
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Badges: Combat Infantryman Badge
Unit awards: Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Enlisted by: Regular
Date of birth: 20-Dec-1947
Hometown: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Marital status: Never Married
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Start of tour: 2-Sep-1967
Incident date: 27-Dec-1967
Date of casualty: 27-Dec-1967
Age at death: 20
Cause of death: Hostile, died. Unknown. Other causes.
Michael Leon Jones died as the result of injuries received when the military vehicle in which he was passenger went over an embankment while on road security mission.
Location of fatality: Gia Dinh, South Vietnam
Place of interment: Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA
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