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Name: Grayland Jones D.O.B: 01 Sept. 1950 Home of Record: Indianapolis,IN Date of Loss: 23 Nov. 1969 Country Of Loss: South Vietnam Coordinates Of Loss: 115102N / 1090917E Status:Killed / B.N.R. Aircraft/Vehicle/Ground: Water (Some say Boat) Unit: 128th Signal Co. Port Command,1st Logistics Command
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| Name: Grayland Jones Rank/Branch: E3/US Army Unit: 128th Signal Company, Port Command, 1st Logistics Command Date of Birth: 01 September 1950 Home City of Record: Indianapolis IN Date of Loss: 23 November 1969 Country of Loss: South Vietnam Loss Coordinates: 115102N 1090917E (CP128205) Status (in 1973): Killed/Body Not Recovered Category: 4 Aircraft/Vehicle/Ground: water (some lists say Boat) Other Personnel in Incident: (none missing) REMARKS: SYNOPSIS: PFC Grayland Jones was assigned to the 128th Signal Company, Port Command. On November 23, 1969, he was off duty and attending a swimming party at a transmitter Naval site at the beach at Cam Rahn Bay. While Jones was swimming, he called for help and disappeared. A thorough search was made of the area and all local islands without revealing any sign of PFC Jones. In February 1975, a source reported a grave site that could possibly correlate to the loss of PFC Jones, but no remains were recovered despite a thorough investigation of the report. Jones' loss is one of the unfortunate accidental deaths that occur wherever people are. The fact that he died an accidental death in the midst of war is tragically ironic. He is listed among the missing with honor, because his body was never found to be returned to the country he served. Others who are missing do not have such clear cut cases. Some were known captives; some were photographed as they were led by their guards. Some were in radio contact with search teams, while others simply disappeared. Since the war ended, over 250,000 interviews have been conducted with those who claim to know about Americans still alive in Southeast Asia, and several million documents have been studied. U.S. Government experts cannot seem to agree whether Americans are there alive or not. Distractors say it would be far too politically difficult to bring the men they believe to be alive home, and the U.S. is content to negotiate for remains. Over 1000 eye-witness reports of living American prisoners were received by 1989. Most of them are still classified. If, as the U.S. seems to believe, the men are all dead, why the secrecy after so many years? If the men are alive, why are they not home? |
