Editing David C. Jones (section)

==Dates of rank==

[[File:David Charles Jones.JPEG|thumb|Jones in 1986<!--Jones photographed in retirement by Garfield Jones-->]]Source:<ref>{{cite book |title=The Chairmanship of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1949-2012 |date=October 27, 2012 |publisher=Joint History Office |isbn=978-1480200203 |page=150 |edition=2 |url=https://www.jcs.mil/Portals/36/Documents/History/Institutional/Chairmanship_of_the_JCS.pdf}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Insignia !! Rank !! Date
|-
|[[File:US-O1 insignia.svg|13px|center]]
|[[US Second Lieutenant|Second Lieutenant]] || February 6, 1943
|-
|[[File:US-O2 insignia.svg|13px|center]]
| &nbsp;[[US First Lieutenant|First Lieutenant]] || February 28, 1944<br />(permanent on February 6, 1946)
|-
|[[File:US-O3 insignia.svg|33px|center]]
| &nbsp;[[Captain (U.S. Army)|Captain]] || April 11, 1946<br />(permanent on October 25, 1948)
|-
|[[File:US-O4 insignia.svg|40px|center]]
| &nbsp;[[Major (United States)|Major]] || February 5, 1951<br />(permanent on January 23, 1952)
|-
|[[File:US-O5 insignia.svg|40px|center]]
| &nbsp;[[Lieutenant colonel (United States)|Lieutenant Colonel]] || June 1, 1953<br/ >(permanent on July 1, 1959)
|-
|[[File:US-O6 insignia.svg|60px|center]]
| &nbsp;[[Colonel (United States)|Colonel]] || April 23, 1957<br/ >(permanent on December 22, 1960)
|-
|[[File:US-O7 insignia.svg|33px|center]]
| &nbsp;[[Brigadier general (United States)|Brigadier General]] || December 1, 1965<br />(permanent on February 10, 1966)
|-
|[[File:US-O8 insignia.svg|66px|center]]
| &nbsp;[[Major general (United States)|Major General]] || November 1, 1967<br />(permanent on January 24, 1969)
|-
|[[File:US-O9 insignia.svg|100px|center]]
| &nbsp;[[Lieutenant general (United States)|Lieutenant General]] || August 1, 1969
|-
|[[File:US-O10 insignia.svg|133px|center]]
| &nbsp;[[General (United States)|General]] || September 1, 1971
|}