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JONES, Edward Thomas Jr - Date of
birth
28 October 1917 -
Age
28 - Place of
birth
Pawlet, Rutland County, Vermont -
Hometown
West Pawlet, Rutland County, Vermont
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
31020148 -
Rank
Sergeant -
Function
unknown -
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
112th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
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Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Finding of Death - Date of
death
9 November 1945 - Place of
death
Kommerscheidt, Germany
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle -
Tablets of the Missing
* This soldier has been accounted for. A rosette has been placed next to his name.
Immediate family
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Members
Edward T. Jones (father)
Mary E. Jones (mother)
Mary Jones (sister)
More information
Sgt Edward T. Jones, jr. attended high school for three years. He was a truck driver for the Town of Pawlet.In November 1944, the 112th Infantry Regiment, 28th Infantry Division was traveling East through the Huertgen Forest in an attempt to capture the German town of Vossenack and Schmidt. On 6 November 1944, Sgt Edward T. Jones Jr. and five other members of A Company were killed in the town of Kommerscheidt when a German tank fired point-blank on their position.
In 2008 a German explosive ordnance disposal team, working at a construction site in the town of Kommerscheidt, found fragments of a WWII-era U.S. military boot. The team notified the German War Graves Commission who recovered two identification tags. The items were turned over to a Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command Team in the area for further analysis. Dental records positively identified Sgt Jones' remains.
He was buried at the Our Lady of Mount Carmel Cemetery in Middle Granville, Washington, New York on 25 September 2010.
Source of information: Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.fold3.com, www.findagrave.com, WWII Draft Card
Photo source: Aimee Fogg