Name:
Samuel Pershing Jones
Rank:
Technical Sergeant
Serial Number:
262358
Unit:
3rd Marine Division
Date of Death:
1944-07-21
State:
Georgia
Cemetery:
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, USA
Plot:
Section 12
Row:
Grave:
Site 7360
Decoration:
Comments:
Samuel Pershing Jones was born on June 10, 1918, in Georgia. He was the son of Alfred Bailum "Alf" Jones and Dora Ellen Smith Jones. He was married to Gertrude Adrienne Blumenthal Jones.
He served in the 3rd Joint Assault, Signal Company, Headquarters Battalion, 3rd Marine Division as a Technical Sergeant during World War II. He was Killed in Action on July 21, 1944, during the Battle for Guam.