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Personal info

Full name
JONES, Neil Daniel
Date of birth
13 February 1926
Age
19
Place of birth
Siler City, Chatham County, North Carolina
Hometown
Matthews, Chatham County, North Carolina

Military service

Service number
44017016
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
G Company,
2nd Battalion,
302nd Infantry Regiment,
94th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
6 March 1945
Place of death
Lampaden, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 5 33

Immediate family

Members
Jasper D. Jones (father)
Mabel C. (Andrew) Jones (mother)
Lucy M. Jones (sister)
Sherman H. Jones (brother)
Wayne A. Jones (brother)
Archie M. Jones (brother)

More information

Pvt Neil D. Jones graduated from Siler City High School in 1943 and was a sales clerk.

He enlisted in Camp Croft, South Carolina on 21 September 1944.

Pvt Jones is remembered at the Bonlee Baptist Church Cemetery in Bonlee, Catham County, North Carolina.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, http://www.94thinfdiv.com, www.findagrave.com – S Mills

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery / Doc Wilson, Carroll Jones Johnson and Michael Jones courtesy of the Chatham County Historical Association