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Personal info

Full name
JONES, Stephen Robert
Date of birth
7 June 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Henefer, Summit County, Utah
Hometown
Summit County, Utah

Military service

Service number
39926998
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
112th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
8 November 1944
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
D 9 53

Immediate family

Members
John W. Jones (father)
Lydia M. (Marchant) Jones (mother)
William M. Jones (brother)
Horace A. Jones (brother)
Elizabeth (Fowers) Jones (sister)
Harriet (Ross) Jones (sister)
Alice (Wilde) Jones (sister)

More information

Stephen Jones inducted in the army on 16 March 1944 at Fort Douglas, Salt Lake City, Utah, trained at Camp Roberts, California and was assigned overseas with the infantry in August or September 1944.
Received the expert rifleman award.
He was a graduate of North Summit High School at Coalville, Utah and attended school at Weber College in Ogden.
Prior to entering the service he had completed a mission for the L.D.S. Church in California.

Source of information: Astrid van Erp, Erwin Derhaag, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com, Utah, Military Records
Salt Lake Telegram 19-mar-1945

Photo source: Des Philippet, www.findagrave.com, Salt Lake Telegram 19-mar-1945, www.newspapers.com - The Salt Lake Tribune