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Personal info

Full name
JONES, Henry J
Date of birth
unknown
Age
unknown
Place of birth
unknown
Hometown
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36895640
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
346th Infantry Regiment,
87th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
2 March 1945
Place of death
West of Ormont, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
H 2 13

Immediate family

Members
Laura Jones (mother)
Ray W. Jones (brother)
Robbie Jones (sister)
Anna L. Jones (sister)

More information

S/Sgt Henry J. Jones was employed at Ford the Motor Company.

He enlisted on 18 January 1944 and was sent overseas in October 1944.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.ancestry.com - U.S. Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil 1942-1949

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Des Philippet, www.fold3.com, Detroit Evening Times - 12 April 1945