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Personal info

Full name
JONES, James P
Date of birth
1917
Age
unknown
Place of birth
West Virginia
Hometown
McDowell County, West Virginia

Military service

Service number
35776321
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Rifleman
Unit
K Company,
3rd Battalion,
329th Infantry Regiment,
83rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
6 December 1944
Place of death
Near Echternach, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
K 20 23

Immediate family

Members
Jake Jones (father)

More information

Pfc James P. Jones enlisted in Huntington, West Virginia on 26 October 1943.
He worked in the manufacture of miscellaneous products before he enlisted.
He was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Ham, Luxembourg.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, http://83rdinfdivdocs.org
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