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JONES, Thomas Benjamin Jr - Date of
birth
7 June 1917 -
Age
27 -
Place of birth
Cumberland, Allegany County, Maryland -
Hometown
Allegany County, Maryland -
Ethnicity
White
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
33179776 -
Rank
Private -
Function
Gunner -
Unit
C Company,
17th Tank Battalion,
7th Armored Division
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Awards
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
4 October 1944 - Place of
death
Just north of the boot-shaped woods
North of Overloon, the Netherlands
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten - Walls of the Missing
Immediate family
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Members
Thomas B. Jones (father)
Annie M. (Miller) Jones ( mother)
Carl E. Jones (brother)
Clarence W. Jones (brother)
Arthur P. Jones (brother)
Virginia M. Jones (sister)
Richard D. Jones (brother)
Anne L. Jones (brother)
Claude W. Jones (brother)
Mildred Jones (sister)
More information
Pvt Thomas B. Jones Jr. attended LaSalle High School and was a former employee of the Celanese Company.He enlisted on 4 April 1942 at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland.
The tank was hit by an anti-tank weapon and immediately burst into flames.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, http://www.7tharmddiv.org/index.htm, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1940 census / United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, www.findagrave.com, www.newspapers.com - Cumberland Sunday Times
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Cumberland Sunday Times - 5 November 1944