WWII
Francis Lemuel Jones
Rate / Rank
Corporal
Birthdate
September 3 1919
Date of Death
April 10 1945
Branch
US Army
Active Duty Service
October 11 1941 - April 10 1945
Conflicts & Campaigns
- Northern France; Rhineland; Central Europe; Ardennes (St. Vith, Battle of the Bulge)
Significant Duty Stations
- Inducted; Fort McPherson, Georgia.
- Company C, 48th Infantry Battalion, 7th Armored Division
Decorations & Citations
- Purple Heart
- European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with four battle stars
Notes
US Army Serial Number 34-088-613. Honor Graduate of Cairo High School Class of 1936. Was in the same Division as Staff Sergeant Robert Leland Harrison and PFC Sam Fiskus (Both from Grady County). KIA near the Ruhr River, Kuckeiheim, Germany, Tuesday April 10, 1945. Burial: Plot A Row 7 Grave 10 Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, Netherlands, Cenotaph, Cairo Cemetery, Cairo, Georgia.