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JONES, George H - Date of
birth
1 March 1913 -
Age
31 - Place of
birth
Smethport, McKean County, Pennsylvania -
Hometown
Buffalo, Erie County, New York
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
6712046 -
Rank
Corporal -
Function
unknown -
Unit
596th Airborne Engineer Company,
517th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
2nd Platoon
-
Awards
Purple Heart
Death
-
Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
5 January 1945 - Place of
death
In the vicinity of Trois-Ponts, Belgium
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| F | 10 | 32 |
Immediate family
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Members
Elijah W. Jones (father)
Catherine (Covley) Jones (mother)
Ruth M. Jones (sister)
Vera G. Jones (sister)
Harriet E. Jones (sister)
Aletha Jones (sister)
E. William Jones (brother)
John J. Jones (brother)
Helen Jones (sister)
Lester Jones (brother)
Joyce Jones (sister)
Julia M. (Karot) Jones (wife)
Mary M. Jones (daughter)
Julia A. Jones (daughter)
Kathleen Jones (daughter)
More information
Cpl George H. Jones was a guardsman before he enlisted in Erie, Pennsylvania on 19 April 1943.He formerly received army training from 1932 to 1935 in the Quartermaster Corps at Madison Barracks, New York. He re-entered service on 25 April 1943 in Erie, Pennsylvania and was awarded his parachute wings at Fort Benning, Geogia in March 1944. He was sent overseas in May 1944 and erved in Italy and Southern France.
After being hospitalized in Italy in October, he returned to duty in December 1944.
According to a testimony of his best friend, Don Saunders, he was killed near a big house near Trois Ponts where his unit made many German prisoners without a single shot. In the cellar of this house, there was a German wounded radio operator that Don took out of the house. George
was killed in the fields next to this house from suffering a gun shot wound in the abdomen.
He was initially buried at Henri-Chapelle in a temporary grave on 7 January 1945. He was disinterred on 7 August 1947 and given his final resting place on 1 September 1948.
Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.fold3.com, www.findagrave.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / 1920 Census, Times Herald 1-3 February 1945 / 20 September 1949, IDPF
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Didier Dradon