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Raymond E Jones Jr
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Name: Army Staff Sgt. Raymond E. Jones Jr.
Age: 31
From: Gainesville, Fla.
Assigned to 1st Battalion, 7th Field Artillery, 1st Infantry Division, Schweinfurt, Germany
Incident: Army Staff Sgt. Raymond E. Jones Jr. was killed April 9 when a rocket-propelled grenade struck him while on patrol in Bayji, Iraq.
Died: April 09, 2004
Father remembers Gainesville soldier killed in Iraq
Associated Press
Age: 31
From: Gainesville, Fla.
Assigned to 1st Battalion, 7th Field Artillery, 1st Infantry Division, Schweinfurt, Germany
Incident: Army Staff Sgt. Raymond E. Jones Jr. was killed April 9 when a rocket-propelled grenade struck him while on patrol in Bayji, Iraq.
Died: April 09, 2004
Father remembers Gainesville soldier killed in Iraq
Associated Press
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A soldier from Gainesville killed in Iraq believed in the military and “tried to do everything right,” his father said.
Army Staff Sgt. Raymond Edison Jones Jr., 31, was killed near Bayji, Iraq, on April 9 in a rocket-propelled grenade attack. He had been assigned to the Army’s 1st Battalion, 7th Field Artillery, 1st Infantry Division, in Schweinfurt, Germany.
“He was making a career out of it,” said Raymond Edison Jones Sr., who lives in Miami. He said his son will be buried with full military honors at Arlington National Cemetery.
Born in Carson City, Nev., Jones joined the Army in 1991 while a student at the University of...
Occupation
1st Battalion, 7th Field Artillery, 1st Infantry Division, Schweinfurt, Germany
Incident
Army Staff Sgt. Raymond E. Jones Jr. was killed April 9 when a rocket-propelled grenade struck him while on patrol in Bayji, Iraq.
Prayers & Messages
Raymond E Jones Jr
2008-04-09
May the grace of God, the love of Jesus, and the peace of the Holy Spirit be with you and your family forever.