Name: Kenneth Malcolm JONES
Rank / Rating: F1-Fireman First Class
Service #: 942 69 61
DOB: Jul 23, 1912
From: La Crosse, Wi
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Went Aboard: Jun 25, 1945
Age When Ship Went Down: 33 years, 0 months, 7 days
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Bio Submitted By: Admin
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Burial at Sea Kenneth was one of the twenty-eight crew members picked up and identified by USS Helm between Sunday August 5, 1945 to Monday August 6, 1945. It not being possible to bring Kenneth aboard for the official Burial at Sea Ceremony he was reverently placed in a sea bag, weighted with two 5" shells and "committed to the deep" by his fellow seamen.