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Personal info

Full name
JONES, Blair Joseph
Date of birth
26 January 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Asheboro, Randolph County, North Carolina
Hometown
Roslyn, Nassau County, New York

Military service

Service number
12156034
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
313th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
20 January 1945
Place of death
Hatten, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 13 55

Immediate family

Members
David M. Jones (father)
Mary A. (Beasley) Jones (mother)
Alta M. Jones (sister)
Alva A. Jones (sister)
Donald F. Jones (brother)

More information

T/5 Blair J. Jones attended high school for four years before he volunteered for the Army of the United States in New York City, New York on 20 October 1942.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in his stomach and back.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files / Jaime Van Dyke Doran Family Tree, Combat History 79th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - Coleman

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy