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Personal info

Full name
JONES, Emery
Date of birth
2 October 1913
Age
31
Place of birth
Williamson, Williamson County, Tennessee
Hometown
Columbia, Maury County, Tennessee

Military service

Service number
34881674
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
315th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 November 1944
Place of death
Near Hatten, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 11 36

Immediate family

Members
James A. Jones (father)
Dora A. (Pruitt) Jones (mother)
Clint Jones (brother)
Nina Jones (sister)
Casey E. Jones (brother)
Ethel J. Jones (sister)
Howard Jones (brother)
Lorraine O. (Bradford) Jones (wife)

More information

Pfc Emery Jones was employed by the Oakes Chair Factory and the Tennessee Valley Authority before he enlisted at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia on 28 July 1943.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Ethel Jones Family Tree, Combat History 79th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - SueMac
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