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Personal info

Full name
JONES, Paul Sterling
Date of birth
30 September 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Sardis, Monroe County, Ohio
Hometown
Belmont County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35236957
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
134th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
25 January 1945
Place of death
Near Weiswampach, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
F 10 25

Immediate family

Members
Charles M. Jones (father)
Leota M. (Farmer) Jones (mother)
Lee G. Jones (brother)
Charles J. Jones (brother)
Ned L. Jones (brother)
Ruth T. Jones (sister)
Arden J. Jones (brother)
Cecil E. Jones (brother)
Sarah M. Jones (sister)
Grace E, Jones (sister)
Mary Jones (sister)
Dorothy Jones (wife)

More information

Pfc Paul S. Jones worked at the Willowbrook Farm before he enlisted at Fort Hayes, Ohio on 6 July 1944.

He was killed by small arms fire to his chest and stomach.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Grand-Failly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry - Headstone and Interment Record / Berry Evans Tree / 1940 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, After Action Report 35th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - MAJ Jimmy Cotton
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, The Plain Dealer - 2 March 1945