Jones, Charles Albert – ww2 Pacific

Rank and Name, Corporal Charles Albert Jones.

Unit/Placed in, 12th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division.

Charles is born approx. on 26 May 1918 in Globe, Arizona.

Father, Charles Wilson Jones.

Mother, Louisa Isabel (Harris) Jones.

Sister(s), Vina, Rosalee, Bertha Lou and Susie Jones.

Brother(s), Charles Wilson, Clifford Red and Onis Clifton Jones.

Charles enlisted the service in Arizona with service number # 38002396.

Charles was KIA in combat with the Japanese army over the Momote Airstrip on Los Negros Island on 21 March 1944, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Combat Infantry Badge, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Army Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

Charles is buried/mentioned at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial Manila, Metro Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines.

Thanks to, https://www.familysearch.org/tree/pedigree/landscape/9N2L-2DC

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

Navy Seal Memorial, http://www.navysealmemorials.com