Jones, Charles E. – ww2 Pacific

Rank and Name, Captain Charles E. Jones.

Unit/Placed in, 319th Bomber Squadron, 90th Bomber Group, Heavy ”Jolly Rogers”.

Charles is born approx. on 18 Feb. 1917 in New Jersey.

Spouse, Mary Ann (Camp) Jones.

Charles enlisted the service in New Jersey with service number # 0-023778.

Charles‘s Crew-members on-board the plane a B-24 were,

Captain Charles E. Jones Pilot

2^nd Lt. George O. Munker

2^nd Lt. Daniel Q. Howard

2nd Lt Donald R. Habein

Sergeant William F. Hicks

Sergeant John Salemi

Sergeant Lowell F. Smead

Corporal Richard W. Baker

Private James E. Wyatt

Pfc. George A. Nicholas

Charles was KIA when the plane Blew Up mid-air and crashed in sea on, 16 March 1943, he is honored with an Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Purple Heart, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Army Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

Charles 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