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Personal info

Full name
JONES, Clealon Clarence
Date of birth
14 February 1910
Age
34
Place of birth
Pontotoc County, Mississippi
Hometown
Lee County, Mississippi

Military service

Service number
6923756
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
423rd Infantry Regiment,
106th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
21 December 1944
Place of death
Near St. Vith, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
B 13 40

Immediate family

Members
Ruby I. Jones (wife)
Beulah J. Jones (sister)

More information

S/Sgt Clealon C. Jones joined the Regular Army in Montgomery, Alabama on 31 December 1940.

He was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Ardennes, Belgium Block Z, Row 7, Grave 154.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, http://106thinfdivassn.org

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Des Philippet / Jeff Swain