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Personal info

Full name
JONES, James William "Pee Wee"
Date of birth
13 January 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Owensboro, Daviess County, Kentucky
Hometown
Illinois

Military service

Service number
16075167
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
89th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron (Mechanized),
9th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 December 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Waldbillig, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 6 11

Immediate family

Members
Louie E. Jones (father)
Ruth I. (Bess) Jones (mother)
Charles E. Jones (brother)
Helen T. Jones (sister)
Joan Jones (sister)

More information

Pfc James W. Jones enlisted in Peoria, Illinois on 16 October 1942. He was stationed at Fort Riley, Kansas for his basic training. Eventually he was transferred to the 9th Armored Division at Camp Polk, Louisiana. He sailed to England on 15 August 1943 where he could meet his brother S/Sgt Charles E. Jones two times.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 / Kentucky, Birth Index, 1911-1999, http://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org - After action report 89th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron Mechanized

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – LuxAmCem, www.ancestry.com - murray1407