Rank and Name, Private First Class Arthur M. Jones.
Unit/Placed in, 7th Chemical Company, Aviation.
Camp no record
The Imperial Japanese began their Invasion in the Philippines on 8 Dec 1941.
The Serviceman resorted to fighting together among American and Filipino forces when compelled to surrender on 9 Apr 1942.
He became a POW and was imprisoned at Pow Camp no record, he survived the Bataan Death March, but died shortly after it.
Arthur is born approx. on 1924.
Father, Charles H. Jones.
Mother, Oberia Mae Jones.
Sister(s), Bessie Jones.
Arthur enlisted the service in North Carolina with service number # 14037581.
Arthur Died as a POW in Camp no Record on 23 June 1943, he is honored with a POW Medal, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Army Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.
Arthur is buried/mentioned at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial Manila, Metro Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines.
Walls of the missing.
Thanks to,
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
Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com
Tank Destroyers, http://www.bensavelkoul.nl
