Jones, Llyoyd E.

Date of birth:: June 17th, 1889 (Columbia/Missouri, United States)
Date of death:: January 3rd, 1958 (Columbia/South Carolina, United States)
Buried on:: Arlington National Cemetery
Plot: 30. Grave: 726.
Service number:: 0-3161
Nationality:: American

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Distinguished Service Medal - Army (DSM)

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Brigadier General
Unit:: Alaska Defense Command (ADC), U.S. Army
Awarded on:: August 6th, 1943

For leadership during the Landing at Amchitka and subsequent defense of the island as the United States retook the Aleutians from the Japanese.

War Department, General Orders No. 38

Distinguished Service Medal - Army (DSM)

American Defence Service Medal

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

American Campaign Medal

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

World War Two Victory Medal

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

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Shipwreck USS Worden (DD-352)

Amschitka - Alaska

Invasion Beach Amschitka