Soldiers Overview

Jones, Thomas Benjamin Jr.
Date of Birth June 17, 1917
Hometown/County Cumberland/Allegany County
State Maryland 
Rank Private 
ASN 33179776 
Unit  17th Tank Battalion
Company/Troop Company C 
MOS Code 604, Light Machine Gunner 
KIA/DOW/MIA MIA, October 4, 1944, North of Overloon 
Last Duty Location October 4, 1944, North of Overloon with Tank # 12 
Awards Purple Heart 
Next of Kin

Anna Mae Jones (Mother)
Thomas B. Jones (Father) 
Carl E. Jones (Brother)
Clarence W. Jones (Brother)
Arthur Philip Jones (Brother)
Virginia Mae Jones (Sister)
Richard Deston Jones (Brother)
Anna Lee Jones (Sister)
Claude Willard Jones (Brother)

Mildred Catherine (Sister)

Buried at USMC Margraten, Netherlands 
Grave No. Wall of the Missing 
Adopter  
Photo's: WOM: Werner van Osch
Extra Info Cannoneer of tank # 12, 2nd platoon, C company. Killed together with gunner Francis H. Bosch.