Update on Pvt. John C. Jones.

Over the years while shooting the breeze and having a coffee with Jerry he would often talk about "Jonesie".

Jerry related that he was a cowboy from what he believed was Colorado.  Jones it appears, enlisted in Colorado.   I learned of the enlistment Point, coming from USMC and 4th MARDIV sites.

Turns out his hometown was in Burwell, Nebraska.

I discovered this fact early yesterday morning while searching again.  It has been on my mind for some time now to still discover if Jones had any relatives.  There must have been someone out there.

In early 2009 I was able to find out for Jerry that Jones had died of his wounds and was buried at Sea after Iwo Jima.

 Pvt. Jones name was placed on the wall of the Missing at Honolulu, HI at the end of WWII.

I was able to relate this to Jerry.  We were coming back from Saturday afternoon lunch with Ernie Delmonico and he thanked me for finding out the information.   

He always said that he wanted to try and find his family to let them know that Jones was not alone when he was wounded.   Jerry took him to the beachhead to be evacuated.  

There is more to that story, as some of us know. 

Time and circumstances never allowed for Jerry to connect with the relatives of  John C. Jones.

So while searching again I found a casualty list and got his hometown and mothers name.

I was then able to find his brother Clyde Jones.  He had quite a resume.  Clyde Jones passed away in 2015.

A bit more digging ad I was able to reach out to his daughter, Cheri Jones and connect to her.



I have given her some information and the link to Jerry's Story. 

So in some small way there is closure in letting The Jones Family know Pvt. John C. Jones was not alone at Iwo Jima.


"No one gets left on the field."
Quote from Sgt. Emond F. Malloy USMC.