Jones Benjamin Edwin, Jr.

Name:

Benjamin Edwin, Jr. Jones

Rank:

Second Lieutenant

Serial Number:

O-537965

Unit:

38th Armored Infantry Battalion, 7th Armored Division

Date of Death:

1944-12-03

State:

North Dakota

Cemetery:

Ardennes American Cemetery, Neupré, Belgium

Plot:

B

Row:

42

Grave:

27

Decoration:

Purple Heart

Comments:

Benjamin Edwin Jones, Jr. was born on February 3, 1919, in Bismarck, North Dakota. He was the son of Benjamin Edwin and Florence Agnes Straw Jones.

A 1943 graduate of the University of Wisconsin, he enlisted in the army in March of 1943 but was permitted to finish his university course before being called to active duty shortly after graduation. He also was employed briefly by the Dakota National Bank. He served in Company C, 38th Armored Infantry Battalion, 7th Armored Division.

2Lt Jones died on the operating table in German Prisoner of war Stalag VI-J during surgery to amputate his leg which was severely wounded during a firefight with a machine gun nest. He is now buried in the Ardennes American Cemetery, Neupré, Belgium.

Source of information: www.findagrave.com, www.abmc.gov, www.7tharmddiv.org