Private, 1st Class, Machine Gun Co., Btry. D, 30th Div., 115th Regt.; of Haywood County; son of W. H. and Cenie Jones. Entered service July 4, 1917, at Waynesville. Sent to Camp Sevier. Transferred to Camp Merritt. Sailed for France May 10, 1918. Fought at Ypres, Canal Sector. Gassed at Canal Sector, Sept. 3, 1918. Sent to Hospital Boulogne then to English Hospital “Dublin.” Returned to USA Feb., 1919. Mustered out at Camp Lee., Va., Feb., 1919.