Jones, John R.
National Guard Private
John R. Jones, age 21, from Gibson, Indiana, Princeton county.
Parents: Robert Jones
Spouse: Married
Children: Son
Service era: Post World War I
Military history: Battery D, 139th Field Artillery
Date of death: Sunday, August 13, 1939
Death details: Killed instantly at Fort Knox, Kentucky when a fust for chemical shell, which he was handling, was detonated. He and others were standing together while examining a fuse charged with fulminate of mercury.
Cemetery: Maple Hill in Princeton
Source: Princeton Daily Clarion
