Lee Jones Killed in Holland Area, Dispatch Reveals
Letts -- William Jones received a telegram from the War Department Wednesday informing him that his son, Lee Jones, was killed in Holland on Oct. 24.
He enlisted in the army on Feb. 23, 1940, and was stationed at Camp Bowie, Tex. In November, 1941, he was released because of his age but retained in the reserve. Recalled to duty in December, 1941, he was sent to Camp Hood, Tex., and transferred from horse cavalry to mechanized cavalry. Going overseas in January 1944 he reached France on July 4 and served as a member of a tank crew.
The son of William and Mary Harriett Bennett Jones, he was born at Letts on March 23, 1907, but the family resided for a number of years at Princeton, Ia. He was preceded in death by his mother and one sister, Gertrude. Surviving are his father, William Jones of Letts; two brothers, Nile and Ralph Jones, of Letts; a sister, Mrs. Marie Marine, of Rock Island; a half-sister, Mrs. Pearl Wilson, of Portland, Ore., and a half-brother, John Tucker, of Davenport.
Source: The Muscatine Journal News-Tribune, Nov. 9, 1944 (photo included)
140 Have Made Supreme Sacrifice In Muscatine Area In War Against Axis Powers; Many reported wounded.
The cost of war runs high!
Word of the victory in Europe today brought a feeling of happiness and relief to thousands of families in the Muscatine area, but for others there were only sad memories. And for those who have sons, husbands, brothers or other relatives, fighting against the Japs in the second phase of the big world-wide conflagration the period of rejoicing was less pronounced.
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The names of those who have made the supreme sacrifice in the World War No. 2, compiled from records maintained by The Journal, follow:
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Lee Jones, 37, son of William Jones of Letts, killed in action Oct. 24, 1944, in Holland.
Source: Muscatine Journal, Victory In Europe Edition, Monday, May 7, 1945
Pvt. Jones served with the 125th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron and was KIA in Germany and awarded the Purple Heart. He is buried in Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery, Hombourg, Belgium.
Sources: abmc.gov; fieldsofhonor database
