James Gradey Jones

Vietnam War
UnitAttack Squadron 12
RankLieutenant Junior Grade U.S. Navy
Entered Service FromBirmingham Alabama
Date of DeathNovember 12 1966
StatusMissing In Action
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
B
Notes
Lieutenant Junior Grade Jones was a member of Attack Squadron 12, Carrier Air Wing 1 aboard the Aircraft Carrier FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT (CVA-42). On November 12, 1966, he was the pilot of a Douglas Attack Aircraft Skyhawk (A-4E) over North Vietnam when his aircraft crashed. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.