Jones, Russell W.
Air Force 1st lieutenant

Russell W. Jones, age 23, from Lawndale, Illinois, Logan county.

Parents: Ernest Jones

Service era: World War II
Schools: Mt. Pulaski Township High

Date of death: Thursday, November 16, 1944
Death details: Finding of death, buried in mediterranean sea; pilot of a B-26 Marauder medium bomber and flight leader of a veteran Army Air Forces group, lost with his crew over Northern Italy while on a bombing mission
Cemetery: Garrison Chapel Cemetery, Warrick County, Indiana

Source: National Archives, grave marker, Mt. Pulaski News Times