Fred Martin Jones, Jr.
Marine Corps Reserve | Service Number 449309
July 15, 1922
in Harlan, KY
Fred Martin Jones, Sr.
Stella (Day) Jones
Details unknown
Lexington Signal Depot
November 11, 1942
at Louisville, KY
August 27, 1943
from Infantry Battalion, Camp Elliott
July 29, 1944
Killed in action at Tinian
July 29, 1944
Killed in action
4150 22nd Street, Louisville, KY – home of mother, Mrs. Stella Day
Stella and Fred Senior divorced at some point before 1930; Fred Junior and siblings appear on census records in the homes of both parents.
Service & Campaigns
Boot camp at MCRD San Diego with Fourth Recruit Battalion. Outposted to Marine Detachment, Naval Prison Mare Island, California.
Transferred to Company A, Infantry Battalion, TC Camp Elliott on 26 July 1943.
Transferred to 24th Marines at Camp Pendleton on 27 August 1943.
Outfit: D/1/24th Marines
Rank: PFC
MOS: 504 (Ammunition Carrier)
Outfit: C/1/24th Marines
Rank: PFC
MOS: 675 (Messenger)
Outfit: C/1/24th Marines
Rank: PFC
MOS: 675 (Messenger)
Important Events:
July 29, 1944 – killed in action (gunshot, head); exact circumstances unknown.
Individual Decorations
Medal
Purple Heart
Campaign
Tinian (July 29, 1944)
Citation
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Fred is buried in the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Hawaii
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