JONATHAN BLUE

HHC Battery 4/42 Artillery

4th Infantry Division

KIA 11/26/1967

Age: 19
Race: Negro
Sex: Male
Date of Birth Feb 5, 1948
From: SOUTH OZONE PARK, NY
Religion: PROTESTANT
Marital Status: Single

PVT - E2 - Army - Regular
4th Infantry Division
MOS: 36K20: Tactical Wire Operations Specialist
Length of service 1 years
His tour began on Aug 28, 1967
Casualty was on Nov 26, 1967
In KONTUM, SOUTH VIETNAM
Non-Hostile, died missing, GROUND CASUALTY
DROWNED, SUFFOCATED
Body was recovered

Panel 30E - Line 88

Jonathan Blue enlisted in the Regular Army on August 10, 1966.

PVT Jonathan Blue's decorations

Jonathan is also eligible to receive the Conspicuous Service Cross
from the State of New York

Jonathan is buried in King Field Cemetery in Linden, Cumberland County, North Carolina.
Military services were handled by Dafford Funeral home. Jonathan's military data
indicates that his home of record was South Ozone Park, Queens, New York.

Larry Williams a high school friend wrote the following tribute to Jonathan:

" We were pals on the block before you left for Vietnam. I thought that I would meet you there.
Before I could leave for there, you were coming home. It's been a long time
but I miss those days in South Ozone Park."

Rest in Peace my Friend, Larry Williams.

Burial:

King Field Cemetery
Linden, Cumberland County, North Carolina

Grave marker for Jonathan Blue

Photo by Vonna from the Find A Grave website

Top photo of Jonathan Blue from the Find A Grave website

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