PVT Teddy D. Jones 37479013; Plot G, Row 14, Grave 35; Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery; Henri-Chapelle, Belgium

A/2C James L. Jones; AF16226038; Korean War Tablets of the Missing; Honolulu Memorial; National Memorials Cemetery of the Pacific; Honolulu, Hawaii

Letter to Mrs. Elsie Moore, 2430 Yaeger St., Fremont, NE 68025 Dear Mrs. Moore:

Mr. Gayle Maine, Veterans Service Officer has contacted this Commission on your behalf as we administer the permanent American military cemeteries on foreign soil.

Your brother, Teddy, is interred in the Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery as indicated in the above caption. Information concerning the cemetery may be found on the tabbed pages of the enclosed World War II commemorative booklet. At the time of his death, October 3, 1944, PVT Jones was serving in the Infantry.

Your brother, James, was among those members of our Armed Forces of the Korean War who were Missing in Action, lost or buried at sea. In accordance with our government’s program of honoring the memory of our War Dead whose remains were not recovered or identified, A/2C Jones’ name was permanently inscribed on the Tablets of the Missing of the Honolulu Memorial, National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.

American Battle Monuments Commission The World War II Honor Roll

Teddy D. Jones; Private, U.S. Army; 37479013; US Infantry

Entered the Service from: Nebraska

Died: October 3, 1944

Buried at: Plot G Row 14 Grave 35

Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery, Henri-Chapelle,Belgium

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Pilot Tribune 23 Nov 1944

Dies In Belgium

Teddy Dave Jones of Blair and Tekamah, brother of Mrs. Gladys Moore, Mrs. Elsie Moore and Mrs. Lindora Bilderback of Blair, died in a truck accident in Belgium on October 3. Memorial services were held Sunday at Tekamah’s First Presbyterian church.

Born in Burt county on September 20, 1924, Jones had spent most of his life near Lebanon, Mo. He entered the service at Blair in May, 1942.

Besides the three sisters named above, Jones leaves his father, Orville Jones of Tekamah; two sisters, Nella Rose of Tekamah and Leora of Mead; and two brothers, Frank in England and Bill in the Pacific area.

Enterprise 19 Oct 1944

Pvt. Teddy David Jones Is Killed In Action

Word reached relatives in Blair recently that Pvt. Teddy David Jones had been killed in action in Belgium on October 3rd. Pvt. Jones is a brother of Mrs. Roy Moore and Mrs. Hugh Moore, both of Blair, and a son of Orville Jones of Tekamah.

Office Of The Quartermaster General, Washington 25, D.C.

Mr. Orville P. Jones, Tekamah, Nebraska

Dear Mr. Jones:

The War Department is most desirous that you be furnished information regarding the burial location of your son, the late Private Teddy D. Jones, A.S.N. 37 479 013.

The records of this office disclose that his remains are interred in the United States Military Cemetery #1, Fosse, Belgium, plot E, row 6, grave 116.

This cemetery is located approximately six miles southwest of Namur and seven miles southeast of Charleroi, both in Belgium, and is under the constant care and supervision of United States military personnel.

The War Department has now been authorized to comply, at Government expense, with your feasible wishes regarding final interment, here or abroad, of the remains of your loved one. At a later date, this office will, without any action on your part, provide you with full information and solicit your detailed desires.

Please accept my sincere sympathy in your great loss.

Sincerely yours, T. B. Larkin, Major General, The Quartermaster General

Pilot Tribune 8 June 2004

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Children of fallen soldiers attend WWII memorial dedication

Carol Verbeek of Gatesville, Texas, announced that the American WWII Orphans network (AWON) recently participated in the dedication of the National World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C., in conjunction with its national conference.

The monument, located at the end of the Reflection Pool between the Lincoln Memorial and the Washington Monument on the national mall was dedicated May 29. It honors the 16 million who served in the U.S. Armed Forces during World War II, the more than 400,000 who died, and the millions who supported the war effort from home. Tens of thousands attended the dedication, including more than 200 AWON members.

Verbeek is the daughter of Pvt. Teddy “David” Jones of Blair, who served in the infantry with the 79th Replacement BN, 3rd Replacement Depot in Europe. He was killed in action Oct. 3, 1944 in Belgium.

AWON was founded in 1991. It is a national organization of men and women whose fathers were killed during WWII. More than 183,000 American children were left fatherless as a result of their father’s service in the war. AWON has developed the only registry of family members of WWII casualties. It also provides its members peer support for dealing with the loss of their father, assists members who are searching for information from the military, holds regional and national conferences, and publishes a quarterly called “The Star.”

For more information about the group, contact Verbeek at 301 Clayton Drive, Gatesville, TX, 76528, or write AWON, 5745 Lee Road, Indianapolis, IN, 46216, or see the website, www.awon.org.

Memoir

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Private Teddy Dave Jones was born in Burt County, Nebraska, on September 20, 1924, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Orville Jones. Most of his boyhood he spent in the community of Lebanon, Missouri. When ten years of age, his mother died.

Teddy Dave was inducted into the Army in May, 1942 and went overseas in July, 1944. The supreme price in service of one’s country was paid by Teddy Dave when he was killed in Belgium on October 3, 1944.

Hosts of friends will cherish his memory and long recall their precious associations with him. He is survived by his father, Mr. Orville Jones; and two brothers, Frank in England and Bill somewhere in the South Pacific; five sisters, Mrs. Gladys Moore, Mrs. Elsie Moore, and Mrs. Lindora Builderbank, all of Blair, Lenora of Mad, and Nella Rose at home, James of Kearney.

~~~ Obituary courtesy of the Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings on file in the Blair Public Library at Blair, Nebraska.~~~