Share your discoveries
Please help us spread the word about Record Hunter and the thousands of FREE historical and genealogical records we provide...Use the social media buttons on every page that interests you.
Search Historica
Visit Historica to search over 100 indexes to 1 Million+ birth, death, marriage, obituary, estate, naturalization and military service records. Searching is free, we offer digital copies of the indexed documents for $10 and items are usually delivered within 24 hours.
World War I
Veteran Data
JONES, BENJAMIN CHARLES
RECORD NUMBER: 29025
NAME: JONES, BENJAMIN CHARLES
STREET: 303 WEST 11TH STREET
CITY: TYRONE
COUNTY:
STATE: PA
DOB: 9 JUN 1896
Service/Serial Number:
ENTERED SERVICE: 15 MAY 1917
DISCHARGED: 5 AUG 1919
Overseas:
Departure:
Return:
Ranks: 1LT
Unit 1: 311th Machine Gun Battalion, 79th Division
Unit 2:
Unit 3:
Unit 4:
Unit 5:
POW:
POW Notes:
Wounded:
KIA:
MIA:
Decorations:
Decoration notes:
Battles/Engagements:
DOD:
Place:
Cause:
Interment:
Father: Claude Jones
Mother: Stella Alice Armor
Sibling: Elizabeth Lintgen
Other Relative:
Relationship:
Spouse: Kathleen Adeline Stover
Child1: David Mattern Jones
Child2: Benjamin Charles Jones
Child3: Kathleen Elizabeth Jones
Bio1: BE IT HERE RECORDED, that Benjamin Charles Jones served in the UNITED STATES Army during the World War as a First Lieutenant in the 311th Machine Gun Battalion, 79th Division; enlisting on the 15th day of May, 1917, and honorably discharged on the 5th day
Bio2:
Photo:
Letters/Writings:
Source1: Military Services and Genealogical Records of Soldiers of Blair County Pennsylvania
Source2:
Source3:
Contirubtors:
Researchers:
Record Created: 29 MAY 2017
Revisions:
Return to Doughboy Database Index
Return to WWI Records Portal