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Personal info

Full name
JONES, James Edward
Date of birth
15 October 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Cardiff, Harford County, Maryland
Hometown
Cardiff, Harford County, Maryland

Military service

Service number
33060238
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
80th Airborne Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion,
82nd Airborne Division
Awards
unknown

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
24 April 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
H 6 21

Immediate family

Members
Thomas C. Jones (father)
Annie (Beale) Jones (mother)
Charles W. Jones (brother)
Samuel C. Jones (brother)
Norman L. Jones (brother)
Aleata Jones (sister)
Estella V. Jones (sister)
Romaine (Gemmill) Jones (wife)
Patricia A. Jones (daughter)

More information

Pfc James E. Jones was employed at Edgewood Arsenal.

He enlisted in Baltimore, Maryland on 10 May 1941 and was sent overseas in September 1942.

He died of a heart attack.

Pfc Jones is remembered at Bel Air Memorial Gardens in Bel Air, Harford County, Maryland with a memorial marker.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, http://www.ww2-airborne.us/, www.ancestry.com - 1940/1950 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / Family Tree, www.newspapers.com - The Gazette and Daily

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Phillippet / Victoria Merryman-Robbins, www.newspapers.com - The Gazette and Daily