I was unable to find out much information on George Edwin Jones who was a Petty Officer 3rd Class, Radio man Third Class on the destroyer USS Downes (DD-375) during the attack. There is a famous picture of the wrecked destroyers Downes and Cassin in the drydock with the battleship USS Pennsylvania after the attack.
There were 142 enlisted and 5 officers aboard during the attack. Twelve of them died, including Mr. Jones.
His grave is at Riverview Cemetery in St. Joseph in Barrien County, Michigan. and his marker reads "First soldier/sailor from Barrien County killed in World War II. Pearl Harbor."
--GreGen
The USS North Carolina (BB-55) My all-time favorite warship. As an elementary school student in North Carolina, I donated nickels and dimes to save this ship back in the early sixties.
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