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Personal info

Full name
JONES, Edward A
Date of birth
27 October 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan
Hometown
Wayne County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36466373
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
109th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
6 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Zweifall, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
C 8 17

Immediate family

Members
Dan Jones (father)
Margarette Jones (mother)
Charles Jones (brother)
Gertrude Jones (sister)
Gloria Jones (sister)
Leroy Jones (brother)
Celestine M. Jones (wife)

More information

Pfc Edward A. Jones enlisted in Detroit, Michigan on 29 January 1944 and went overseas in July.

Source of information: André Koch, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, www.newspapers.com - Detroit Free Press, WWII Draft Card, 1930 US Census

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.newspapers.com - Detroit Free Press