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PRIVATE FIRST CLASS ROBERT
EDGAR JONES had his roots in Vineland NJ. He was graduate of Vineland
High School and worked at the Kimble Glass Works in Vineland. He was already an experienced flier when he enlisted in the
United States Marine Corps in February of 1943. He enlisted
from New York, and was trained as an aerial gunner. The Camden
Courier-Post reported him as a turret gunner in a B-17, this would be an
error, as the Navy did not operate B-17s at that point in the war. They
did however, operate a unit of PB4Y-1 bombers, the Navy version of the
B-24, and it was in this capacity that Robert Jones served.
Robert Jones was listed as
missing in action on December 20, 1943 and was later determined to have
been killed. He had last written his aunt, Dr. Helen Hedrick, a Vineland
NJ chiropractor, shortly before his death. Robert Jones was survived by
his aunt, and his mother, Mrs. Laura Chambers, of 80 Marlton Avenue, in Camden
NJ. His death was reported in the January 19, 1944 evening edition of
the Camden Courier-Post. |
