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Corp Wilbur Ray Jones

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Corp Wilbur Ray Jones

Birth
Wake County, North Carolina, USA
Death
17 Jun 1944 (aged 25)
Departement de la Manche, Basse-Normandie, France
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Wilber was single, with three years of high school, when he joined the Army on 6 Feb 1942 at Fort Bragg. He served with the 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division and was killed in action on D-Day + 11. Serial # 34178945

Corporal Wilber Ray Jones (Service # 34178945) is the son of Everett Jones [b.1887 in NC] a farmer and the son of Chloe Jones [b.10-17-1888 and died April, 1982].

The 1930 US Census for Averasboro, Harnett County, North Carolina shows Wilber residing with his parents and 5 sisters, Naomi [b.1913] Mallie [b.1915] Elsie M [b.1923] Burnice [b.1924] Dallie L [b.1926] and 3 brothers, Everett Thenton Jones [b.5-13-1916 and died 2-8-1988] Thomas [b.1921] and Charles [b.1929].

Cpl Jones enlisted in the Army on Feb 6, 1942 at Fort Bragg, NC. His enlistment record states Wilber had completed 3 years of high school.

.Cpl Jones was awarded the Purple Heart Medal and the Croix de Guerre Unit Citation [French]. European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with Bronze Service Star and Arrowhead, WW2 Victory Medal, WW2 Honorable Service Lapel Button, Parachute Badge (Jump Wings), Combat Infantryman Badge, Presidential Distinguished Unit Emblem

Wilber was single, with three years of high school, when he joined the Army on 6 Feb 1942 at Fort Bragg. He served with the 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division and was killed in action on D-Day + 11. Serial # 34178945

Corporal Wilber Ray Jones (Service # 34178945) is the son of Everett Jones [b.1887 in NC] a farmer and the son of Chloe Jones [b.10-17-1888 and died April, 1982].

The 1930 US Census for Averasboro, Harnett County, North Carolina shows Wilber residing with his parents and 5 sisters, Naomi [b.1913] Mallie [b.1915] Elsie M [b.1923] Burnice [b.1924] Dallie L [b.1926] and 3 brothers, Everett Thenton Jones [b.5-13-1916 and died 2-8-1988] Thomas [b.1921] and Charles [b.1929].

Cpl Jones enlisted in the Army on Feb 6, 1942 at Fort Bragg, NC. His enlistment record states Wilber had completed 3 years of high school.

.Cpl Jones was awarded the Purple Heart Medal and the Croix de Guerre Unit Citation [French]. European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with Bronze Service Star and Arrowhead, WW2 Victory Medal, WW2 Honorable Service Lapel Button, Parachute Badge (Jump Wings), Combat Infantryman Badge, Presidential Distinguished Unit Emblem

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CPL CO F 507 Paratroop INF, KIA FRANCE

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