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Personal info

Full name
JONES, Robert Emory
Date of birth
7 February 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Lynchburg City, Virginia
Hometown
Rustburg, Campbell County, Virginia

Military service

Service number
33654642
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
101st Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
4 January 1945
Place of death
Near Kaundorf, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 12 35

Immediate family

Members
Edward W. Jones (father)
Sue W. (Walker) Jones (mother)
Lucy W. Jones (sister)
John W. Jones (brother)

More information

Sgt Robert E. Jones attended high school for four years and attended Virginia Military Institute (VMI) as Class of 1945.

He enlisted in Roanoke, Virginia on 12 July 1943.

Sgt Jones was killed by artillery shell fragments to the head.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com - John W. Jones, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files / 1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.fold3.com - 26th Infantry Division
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Silvano Theunissen, www.wwiimemorial.com - John W. Jones