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Personal info

Full name
JONES, Joshua
Date of birth
15 March 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Greenville, Pitt County, North Carolina
Hometown
Greenville, Pitt County, North Carolina
Ethnicity
African American

Military service

Service number
34675676
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
374th Engineer General Service Regiment
Awards
unknown

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
25 December 1944
Place of death
Armoy, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 8 47

Immediate family

Members
Simon L. Jones (father)
Annie M. (Dupree) Jones (mother)
Ruth Corbett (sister)
Rufus Jones (brother)
Lena B. Jones (sister)
William E. Jones (brother)
Simon L. Jones Jr. (brother)
Troy E. Jones (brother)
Tootsie Jones (sister)
Melissa Blow (fiancée)

More information

T/5 Joshua Jones enlisted at Fort Bragg, North Carolina on 16 May 1943.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Champigneul, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Deirdre Torres Family Tree, www.findagrave.com – MAJ Jimmy Cotton
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Andy, www.ancestry.com – Deirdre Torres