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Personal info

Full name
JONES, Theodore
Date of birth
4 March 1924
Age
21
Place of birth
Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas
Hometown
Yellowstone County, Montana
Ethnicity
African American

Military service

Service number
39619063
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
47th Infantry Regiment,
9th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
5 April 1945
Place of death
Southern sector of the Ruhr Pocket, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
M 4 15

Immediate family

Members
Naomi L. Jones (wife)

More information

Pvt Theodore Jones was married to Naomi Lowe on 13 May 1944.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.9thinfantrydivision.net, www.ancestry.com - Draft Cards Young Men / Texas Select County Marriage Records 1837-2015 / Headstone and Interment Record

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Scott A. Rayl - Fort Worth Public Library Digital Archives