Jones, Herbert Charpoit

Attack on Pearl Harbor

Date of birth:: December 1st, 1918 (Los Angeles/California, United States)
Date of death:: December 7th, 1941 (Pearl Harbor/Hawaii, United States)
Buried on:: Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery
Plot: G. Grave: 76.
Nationality:: American

Biography

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Medal of Honor - Navy/Marine Corps (MoH)

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Ensign
Unit:: USS California (BB-44), U.S. Navy
Awarded for:: Operation Z (1941)

"For conspicuous devotion to duty, extraordinary courage, and complete disregard of his own life, above and beyond the call of duty, during the attack on the Fleet in Pearl Harbor, by Japanese forces on 7 December 1941. Ens. Jones organized and led a party, which was supplying ammunition to the antiaircraft battery of the U.S.S. California after the mechanical hoists were put out of action when he was fatally wounded by a bomb explosion. When 2 men attempted to take him from the area which was on fire, he refused to let them do so, saying in words to the effect, "Leave me alone! I am done for. Get out of here before the magazines go off."

Awarded posthumously