The 35th Infantry Regiment Association salutes our fallen brother, PFC Everett Mitchell Jones, ER38471831, who died in the service of his country on January 27th, 1951 in South Korea. The cause of death was listed as KIA. At the time of his death Everett was 27 years of age. He was from Afton, Oklahoma. Everett's Military Occupation Specialty was 4745-Light Weapons Infantryman.
The decorations earned by PFC Everett Mitchell Jones include: the Combat Infantryman Badge, the Purple Heart, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Korea Service Medal, and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal.
Private First Class Jones was a member of the 35th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division. He was Killed in Action while fighting the enemy in South Korea on January 27, 1951. Private First Class Jones was awarded the Purple Heart, the Combat Infantrymans Badge, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Presidential Unit Citation and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal.
BURIAL LOCATION:MOUNT HOPE CEMETERY, AFTON, OK
He was known as "Casey". He was also a WWII veteran.
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