Jones Jr. , Benjamin C.

Rank and Name, Seaman Second Class Benjamin Clark Jones Jr.

Unit/Placed in, USS Atlanta (CL-51) Cruiser, United States Naval Reserve.

Benjamin is born approx. on no record.

Benjamin enlisted the service in South Carolina with service number # 6562168.

Benjamin was KIA during the Battle of Guadalcanal, when the ship sunk after a hit by a Torpedo fired by the Japanese Destroyer Akatsuki, and on Nov. 13, 1942, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, Expeditionary Medal, American Campaign Medal, Navy & Marine Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

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

Walls of the missing.

Thanks to, https://www.pacificwrecks.com/ships/usn/CL-51.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