JONES, Paul Capers, Jr.

Rank:

Private First Class

Service Branch:

U.S. Army

Service Number:

34658763

Division:

Regiment:

12th Cavalry Regiment

Company:

Troop G

Battalion:

Function:

Status:

Killed in Action

Date of death:

March 1, 1945

Place of death:

Philippines

Age at death:

20

Awards:

Burial 1:

Burial 2:

Jones Nichols Cemetery

Grave number:

Cenotaph:

Born:

December 3, 1924

Hometown:

Lake View, South Carolina

Family:

Parents:
Paul Capers Jones, Sr. (1892 - 1971)
Betty Page Jones (1895 - 1969)

Spouse:


Children:


Siblings:
Lois Jones Rast (1917 - 2012)
Thomas Jones
Beverly Jones

Additional information:

His father, Paul Capers Jones, Sr. was a veteran of World War I.

Research by: Victoria Proctor, genealogist

Sources: Dillon War Memorial, NARA World War II Honor List of Dead and Missing (1946), The Dillon Herald April 5, 1945, page 7, col. 2 (report of KIA); obituaries of Paul Capers Jones, Betty Page Jones, and Lois Jones Rast

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