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Thomas Ray Jones - Madison Parish, Louisiana 

From Madison Journal December 19, 1941

Tallulah Boy Is Among Those `Lost In Action

Ensign Thomas Ray Jones, 23-year old son of Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Jones, of Tallulah, became Tallulah's 
first casualty in the war in the Pacific, according to information received here by the young man's 
parents Saturday.

A telegram from the United States government to Mr. and Mrs. Jones informed them that their son had 
been "lost in action in Hawaii."

Ensign Jones received his commission last February 28 after four months in the midshipman's school at 
New York. While awaiting orders, he had several days leave, and returned to Tallulah for a short time 
after receiving his commission, and before he reported for duty.

He was formerly a sergeant in company E of the R. O. T. C. at Louisiana State University where he attended 
the college of commerce for three years.

Young Jones was a member of the Delta Sigma Phi fraternity, the Baptist church, and a graduate of Tallulah 
High School. He played football for Coach M. A. Phillips's Tallulah Trojans for four seasons and graduated 
from the high school in 1937. He was born March, 31, 1918.

He is survived by his parents; two brothers, Burney Jones of Morrison Field, West Palm Beach, Fla., and 
Jack Jones, of Tallulah; and grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Jack ] Jones of Crystal Springs, Miss.