WWII

William Powell Jones

Rate / Rank
PFC

Birthdate
February 10 1926

Date of Death
December 4 1978

Branch
US Army

Active Duty Service
June 28 1944 - June 8 1946

Conflicts & Campaigns

Rhineland; Central Europe
European Theater of Operations February 18, 1945

Significant Duty Stations

Inducted; Fort McPherson, Georgia.
Company C, 55th Armored Infantry Battalion
Discharged; Fort Bragg, North Carolina

Decorations & Citations

European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with two bronze stars
Sharpshooter (rifle); 2nd class gunner (machine gun)
Good Conduct Medal; World War II Victory Medal

Notes

US Army service number 34-837-854 Born Cairo, Georgia. Father of GM3 William Randolph Jones USCG. Home of record 125 3rd Ave. SW, Cairo, Georgia. Burial; Greenwood Cemetery, Cairo, Georgia.