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JONES, Walter E - Date of
birth
1923 -
Age
unknown - Place of
birth
Tennessee -
Hometown
Sullivan County, Tennessee
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
O2010682 -
Rank
Second Lieutenant -
Function
unknown -
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
22nd Infantry Regiment,
4th Infantry Division
-
Awards
Purple Heart
Death
-
Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
20 April 1945 - Place of
death
Crailsheim, Germany
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| D | 24 | 42 |
Immediate family
-
Members
E. S. Jones (father)
More information
2nd Lt Walter E. Jones entered the service 17 June 1943 and went overseas in October 1944.He was shot in the throat by a sniper.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Danny van der Groen - Company's / 4ID After Action Reports, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, www.newspapers.com - Kingsport News Tennessee 7 April 1945
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