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Personal info

Full name
JONES, Need Edward
Date of birth
5 March 1923
Age
22
Place of birth
Denison, Grayson County, Texas
Hometown
Denison, Grayson County, Texas

Military service

Service number
38436322
Rank
Private
Function
Rifleman
Unit
K Company,
3rd Battalion,
319th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
15 March 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Britten, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
F 12 18

Immediate family

Members
Brice E. Jones (father)
Willie (Hollingsworth) Jones (mother)
Kosall Jones (brother)
Odessa Jones (sister)
Hans E. Jones (brother)
Cleo D. Jones (sister)
Ruby A. Jones (sister)
W. B. Jones (brother)
Susie Jones (sister)
Roy Jones (brother)
Raymond Jones (brother)
Billie Jones (brother)
Ralph Jones (brother)

More information

Pvt Need E. Jones attended Denison High School and was employed at the garage of W. L. Beamer.

He enlisted on 30 June 1942 and trained at Kelly Field, Camp Maxey, and Camp Howze, Texas. He sent overseas February 1945.

Pvt Jones was killed by small arms fire in the thorax.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Cards, www.80thdivision.com
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Men and Women in the Armed Forces from Grayson County, Texas