Kenneth William Jones
"Ken"
Marine Corps Reserve | Service Number 359637
May 19, 1921
in Bridgeport, CT
Clifford Jones
Elizabeth “Bessie” (Briggs) Jones
Bassick High School (1937)
University of Connecticut (1948)
General Electric Company
in Bridgeport, CT
April 10, 1942
at Springfield, MA
November 2, 1942
from 2nd Radio Company, Quantico
April 11, 1945
to HQ Company, 24th Marines
November 6, 1945
Honorably discharged
Whitney Avenue, Long Hill, CT – address of parents, Clifford & Bessie Jones
Service & Campaigns
Boot camp at Parris Island with Eighth Recruit Battalion. Optposted to Second Radio Company, Post Signal Battalion, Quantico for instruction as radio operator. Completed course; promoted to Private First Class and transferred to New River, North Carolina.
Joined HQ Company, First Separate Battalion (Reinforced) on 2 November 1942.
Outfit: HQ/1/24th Marines (Comms Platoon)
Rank: Private First Class
MOS: 776 (Radio operator, low speed)
Outfit: HQ/1/24th Marines (Comms Platoon)
Rank: Corporal
MOS: 174 (Radio repairman)
Outfit: HQ/1/24th Marines (Comms Platoon)
Rank: Corporal
MOS: 174 (Radio repairman)
Outfit: HQ/1/24th Marines (Comms Platoon)
Rank: Corporal
MOS: 174 (Radio repairman)
Transferred to Headquarters Company, 24th Marines on 11 April 1945. Duty with HQ as radio operator through October 1945. Returned to United States; honorably discharged on 6 November 1945.
Enlisted in National Guard; last known rank of first lieutenant in May 1951.
Individual Decorations
Medal*
Jones was recommended for a Bronze Star Medal after the Mariana Islands campaign; it is not known if this decoration was ever awarded.
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