Cecil Kurt Jones

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Cecil Kurt Jones Veteran

Birth
Avery, Red River County, Texas, USA
Death
24 Jul 2001 (aged 83)
Burleson, Johnson County, Texas, USA
Burial
Quanah, Hardeman County, Texas, USA Add to Map
Plot
NW-09-M-04
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Cecil was an Army veteran of World War II serving under Dwight D. Eisenhower in Normandy,Northern France, Rhineland and Central Europe. He received a purple heart for action in the European Theatre. He received the Purple Heart Oct 15 1945, Normandy, France after being shot in the leg. He crawled into a barn with the enemy on top of him. He had to lay perfectly still or he would have been discovered. Cecil was discharged from the army on Oct 18 1945
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Cecil was an Army veteran of World War II serving under Dwight D. Eisenhower in Normandy,Northern France, Rhineland and Central Europe. He received a purple heart for action in the European Theatre. He received the Purple Heart Oct 15 1945, Normandy, France after being shot in the leg. He crawled into a barn with the enemy on top of him. He had to lay perfectly still or he would have been discovered. Cecil was discharged from the army on Oct 18 1945
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