Rank and Name, Steward’s Mate First Class Carl Lee Jones.
Unit/Placed in, USS Drexler (DD-741) Destroyer, United States Naval Reserve.
Carl is born approx. on 29 July 1924 in Texas.
Father, James Jim Jones.
Carl enlisted the service in Texas with service number # 8394100.
Carl was KIA when a Japanese Yokosuka fighter crashed on the USS Drexler started gasoline Fires and sunk on May 28, 1945, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, Expeditionary Medal, American Campaign Medal, Distinguished Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.
Carl is buried/mentioned at Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu County, Hawaii U.S.A.
Courts of the missing.
Thanks to, http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/741.htm
Jean Louis Vijgen, WW2-Pacific Website.
Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.
ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov
Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org
POW Info, http://www.mansell.com Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.
Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org
Marines Info, https://missingmarines.com/ Geoffrey Roecker
Info, https://www.pacificwrecks.com/
Medals Info, https://www.honorstates.org
Philppine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/
Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com
