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Personal info

Full name
JONES, Orville Dean
Date of birth
9 April 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Oregon City, Clackamas County, Oregon
Hometown
Washington County, Oregon

Military service

Service number
39335141
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
743rd Tank Battalion,
1st Platoon
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
22 November 1944
Place of death
Erberich, south of Aldenhoven, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
D 2 9

Immediate family

Members
Ray Jones (father)
Cynthia E. (Lambert) Jones (mother)
Dale Jones (brother)
John P. Jones (brother)
Keith C. Jones (brother)
Roger W. Jones (brother)
Stanley Jones (brother)
James A. Jones (brother)
Ray Jr. Jones (brother)
Helen Jones (sister)
Twila Jones (sister)
Rita Jones (sister)
Hazel I. Jones (sister)

More information

T/5 Orville D. Jones enlisted in Portland, Oregon on 7 July 1943.

His tank was hit by enemy fire, He was killed, together with his crew members 1st Lt Frank X. Mc Williams, Pvt James P. Greene Jr. and T/4 Blair W. Williams who are also buried at Margraten.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - various family trees, http://cgsc.contentcm.oclc.org - After Action Report 743rd Tank Battalion

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Jones Family, Darcy R. Jones (nephew)