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Personal info

Full name
WATSON, Jonas Preston
Date of birth
27 December 1921
Age
22
Place of birth
Ada, Pontotoc County, Oklahoma
Hometown
Dallas County, Texas

Military service

Service number
38682289
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
423rd Infantry Regiment,
106th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
21 December 1944
Place of death
Near St. Vith, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
G 4 55

Immediate family

Members
W. M. (Childress) Watson (mother)
Florine (Spencer) Watson (wife)

More information

Pvt Jonas P. Watson worked in an aircraft factory before he enlisted at Camp Wolters, Texas, on 16 March 1944.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Foy, Belgium.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Sheree Dowdle, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / McDaniel Fowler Family Tree / U.S. WWII Draft Cards for Young Men, http://106thinfdivassn.org

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet / Liz O. More, www.ancestry.com - U.S. High School Yearbooks