Jones Irving Leonard

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Irving Leonard Jones is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:

Bill Tucker Monument - 505th PIR

Name:

Irving Leonard Jones

Rank:

Private

Serial Number:

39018149

Unit:

505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne

Date of Death:

1944-06-08

State:

California

Cemetery:

Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial, Colleville-sur-Mer, Departement du Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France

Plot:

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Grave:

Decoration:

Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Comments:

Irving Leonard Jones was born on February 8, 1920, in Missouri. He was the husband of Anita Maple Benson Rinehart. They had a child namely Gordon Lewis Jones.

Irving served in Company I, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, as a Private during World War II. He was Killed in Action on June 8, 1944, while advancing toward a German machinegun position on the road to Grainville, France. Pvt Jones is now buried in the Normandy American Cemetery and was awarded the Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster.