Jones, Allen Vaughn – ww2 Pacific

Rank and Name, Private First Class Allen Vaughn Jones.

Unit/Placed in, 1st Battalion (jasig Comp) 4th Marine Division, United States Marine Corps.

FMF

Fleet Marine Forces

The United States Fleet Marine Forces (FMF) are combined general- and special-purpose forces within the United States Department of the Navy that perform offensive amphibious or expeditionary warfare and defensive maritime employment.

Allen is born approx. on 19 Nov. 1924 in Fullerton, California.

Father, Lawrence Jones.

Mother, Effie Jones.

Brother(s), Jimmie Lee Jones.

Allen enlisted the service in California with service number # 819807.

Allen died of his wounds sustained during the landing on Okinawa, for treatment to the USS Mifflin where he died from his injuries on 22 Feb. 1945, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, Marine Corps Good Conduct Medal, Marine Corps Expeditionary Medal, American Campaign Medal, Navy & Marine Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

Allen is buried/mentioned at Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu County, Hawaii U.S.A.

Courts of the missing.

Thanks to, http://marinesinforestgreen.blogspot.com/2012/10/list-of-ships-at-battle-of-iwo-jima.html

Jean Louis Vijgen, ww2-Pacific.com ww2-europe.com

Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.

ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov

Marines Info, https://missingmarines.com/ Geoffrey Roecker

Seabees History Bob Smith https://seabeehf.org/

Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org

POW Info, http://www.mansell.com Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.

Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/ Robert Capistrano

National Historian