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Personal info

Full name
JONES, Leo Arnold
Date of birth
16 July 1910
Age
34
Place of birth
Hot Springs, Garland County, Arkansas
Hometown
Oklahoma County, Oklahoma

Military service

Service number
38151301
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
48th Armored Infantry Battalion,
7th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Marieulles, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 26 42

Immediate family

Members
William B. Jones (father)
Daisy A. (Shockey) Jones (mother)
Argus E. Jones (brother)
Bertie M. Jones (half-sister)
Elma E. Jones (half-sister)
William B. Jones (half-brother)
Wilson A. Jones (half-brother)
Lillie L. Jones (half-sister)
Mamie L. (Milam) Jones (wife)

More information

Pvt Leo A. Jones enlisted in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on 1 May 1942.

He was married to Mamie L. Milam on 11 March 1944.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men 1940-1947 / Arkansas Birth Certificates 1914-1917 / Alabama County Marriages 1805-1967, https://www.7tharmddiv.org
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