Rank and Name, Staff Sergeant Archie Noah Jones.
Unit/Placed in, 64th Bomber Squadron, 43rd Bomber Group, Heavy.
Archie is born approx. on 1914 in Texas.
According Military records.
Archie enlisted the service in California with service number # 6251438.
Archie‘s Crew-members and their position on-board the plane a B-24 were,
1st Lt. John C. Duvall Pilot
1st Lt. Fred M. Vosse Co Pilot
2nd Lt. Edward K. Cornelius Navigator
2nd Lt. William B. Edwards Bombardier
1st Lt. Roy L. Bridges Radar Operator
SSgt. Charles V. Meeder Engineer
TSgt. Edward Jennings Radio Operator
SSgt. Thomas K. Manning Asst. Engineer
SSgt. Archie N. Jones Asst. Radio Operator
SSgt. Conard J. Hembree Gunner
Sgt. Richard M. Farnsworth Gunner
Archie was KIA when his bomber failed to return to base it was told they seen it bursting into flames and crashing into the sea near Yap Island on 13 June 1944, he is honored with an Air Medal, Purple Heart, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Army Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.
Archie is buried/mentioned at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial Manila, Metro Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines.
Walls of the missing.
Thanks to, https://pacificwrecks.com/aircraft/b-24/42-72811.html
Jean Louis Vijgen, ww2-Pacific.com ww2-europe.com
Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.
ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov
Marines Info, https://missingmarines.com/ Geoffrey Roecker
Seabees History Bob Smith https://seabeehf.org/
Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org
POW Info, http://www.mansell.com Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.
Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/ Robert Capistrano
National Historian
Navy Seal Memorial, http://www.navysealmemorials.com
Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org
Info, https://www.pacificwrecks.com/
Medals Info, https://www.honorstates.org
Website,
Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com
Tank Destroyers, http://www.bensavelkoul.nl/
