Army SGT Edward T. Jones, of West Pawlet, Vermont, will be buried on September 25, 2010, in the Our Lady of Mount Carmel Cemetery in Middle Granville, Washington, New York. The services will be private. In November 1944, the 112th Infantry Regiment, 28th Infantry Division was traveling east through the Hürtgen Forest in an attempt to capture the German towns of Vossenack and Schmidt. On November 6, SGT Jones and five other members of A Company, 112th Infantry Regiment, were killed in the town of Kommerscheidt when a German tank fired point-blank on their position. This battle was known as the Battle of Hürtgen Forest and was the longest battle in U.S. history lasting three-months taking the lives of nearly 30,000 American soldiers. The battle was featured in the movie "Band of Brothers". SGT Jones parents received a letter informing them that their son was listed as missing in action. Later, they were given the Purple Heart Medal he was awarded when it was determined that SGT had perished during the battle. In 2008, a German explosive ordnance disposal team, working at a construction site in the town of Kommerscheidt, found fragments of a World War II-era U.S. military boot. The team notified the German War Graves Commission who recovered remains of two individuals at the site and military equipment including two identification tags. The items were turned over to a Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command team in the area for further analysis. Dental records positively identified SGT Jones' remains. SGT Jones's nephew, and only surviving family member, was notified of his uncle's identification after the nephew of SGT John J. Farrell, Jr. contacted him to inform him that the remains of both men had been found at the site in Germany. His nephew later received confirmation from the US Army on the identification of SGT Jones. SGT Edward T. Jones was an avid hunter and outdoorsman his nephew also said. SGT Jones is preceded in death by his parents and his only sibling Mary. He is survived by a nephew and his nephew's family.
Source: Find a Grave
SGT Jones' remains were recovered and identified in 2009. His name is permanently inscribed on the Tablets of the Missing at the Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery and Memorial. rosetta medalWhen an individual’s remains have been accounted for by the U.S. Department of Defense, a rosette is placed next to the name on the Wall/Tablet/Court of the Missing to mark that the person now rests in a known gravesite.