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Personal info

Full name
JONES, Ferris Graden
Date of birth
8 September 1911
Age
33
Place of birth
Vicars, Roane County, West Virginia
Hometown
Vicars, Roane County, West Virginia

Military service

Service number
35208580
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
756th Tank Battalion
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
7 October 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Vagney, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 12 4

Immediate family

Members
Silas M. Jones (father)
Ella L. (Raines) Jones (mother)
Ruby M. Jones (sister)
Herbert J. Jones (brother)
Herman Jones (brother)
Effie A. Jones (brother)
Benjamin F. Jones (brother)
Hubert J. Jones (brother)
Edith G. Jones (sister)
Genevieve B. Jones (sister)

More information

Pfc Ferris G. Jones was a farmhand.

He enlisted at Ashford General Hospital, West Virginia on 26 June 1941.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men / US WW2 Hospital Admission Cards

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Andy