Delmont Wentworth R. K. Jones, born January 16, 1922 in Coburg, Montgomery County, Iowa to Alta Mamie Van Kirk and John Martin Jones. Clark Cooper, M.D.
Information found in The Montgomery County Court House, Red Oak, Iowa, birth records, book 4/2, page 132

Married to Alberta England, divorced. Married to Wilma Darlene (Suzi) Dozier on December 16, 1946. Children: Shonnette Louise, Marcia Mae, Riley Lee, Anthony Eugene, and Shannon Dell. Died October 25, 2994 in Buffalo, Dallas County, Missouri. burial Maple Lawn Cemetery
Retired and moved to Missouri December 1, 1972.
Delmont W. R. K. Jones, January 16, 1922 to October 22, 2004, services from Montgomery-Vets Chapel, Monday, October 25, 2004, 2:00 P.M., The Rev. Robert Long, officiating. Recorded Music, "Closer Walk With Thee";, and "Shall We Gather At The River"; Casket bearers and Military Rites, Members of Galmey V. F. W. Post #9638. Honorary Escorts, Red Austin, Walter Bancroft, Sidney Crowder, Jim Dryer, Walter Head, Joe Johnson, Carroll Lindsey, and Charles Roberts. Interment in Maple Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, Missouri.
Information from funeral hand out.

BUFFALO
Mr. Delmont W. Jones, 82, Montgomery-Viets Funeral Home
The Springfield News-Leader, Springfield, Missouri, Saturday, October 23, 2004, page 12

ARMY ACCEPTS 31 OF 44 REPORTING FOR EXAMINATIONS
Thirty one men were accepted for army service out of 44 that reported to Fort Crook, Nebraska, last week. It is probably, however that several more may later be accepted for service.
Two veterans of Work War 1 were accepted for active service. They are Russell F. Rickelton and George R. Carmichael. The group have been ordered to report for active duty on Monday, October 26 and will leave from Red Oak for the reception center at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.
The lists follows: Howard D. Ayes, Amos L. Johnson, Joe F. Lidsey, Jack F. Kern, Willis Dunlap, Glendon M. Lukehart, Bernard Binns, Robert M. Settel, Kenneth F. Jarvis, Paul P. Pardun, Donald L. Hite, Fran J. Long, Raleigh R. Smith, Dowaine A. Kiser, Edwin S. Ketchum, Clair Q. Doggett.
Lawrence K. Anderson, James e. Grove, Robert E Allen, Herbert H. Cook, Sterlig A. Wisecup, Clarence J. Moates, Wesley E. Brown, George R. Carmichael, Delmont W. R. K. Jone, Nels J. Hanson, John F. Clark, Max D. Clayton, Bernard P. Falk, Randall E. Swanson, Russell A. Rickelton.
Villisca Review, Villisca, Iowa, Thursday, October 22, 1942, page 1

Discharge Record, No. 5, Montgomery County, Iowa, Filed for record the 21st day of September, 1946, at 10:30 o'clock
Honorable Discharge: this is to certify that Delmont W. R. K. Jones, 37 267 599, Sergeant, 382D Infantry, Army of The United States, is Herby Honorably Discharged from the military service of the United States of America. This certificate is awarded as a testimonial of Honest and Faithful Service to this country, given at SCU #1748, Station Hospital, Camp Carson, Colorado, date, 25, April 1946, John M. Abrams, Major Mac.
Enlisted Record and Report of Separation Honorable Discharge
Jones, Delmont W. R. K., 37 267 599, ST, INF, 382D Infantry, date of Separation, 25, April, 1946, Station Hospital of Carson, Colorado, Permanent Address, Route 2, Red Oak, Iowa, Date of Birth, January 16, 1922, Coburg, Iowa, Color of Eyes, Brown, Color of Hair, Brown, Height, 5' 10", Weight, 167 pounds, Divorced, Civilian Occupation and No. Truck Driver Light, 7-36-760.
Military Record
Date of Induction, 12, October, 1942, date of entry into active service, 26, October, 1942, Place of Entry into Service, Ft. Crook, Nebraska, Military Occupational Speciality and No. Truck Driver Light 345, Military Qualification, None, Battle4s and Campaigns, Southern Philippines, Decorations and Citations, APTC Ribbon, 1 Bronze Service Star, Philippine Liberation Ribbon, 2 Bronze Star, Purple Heart, CIB ATCM, World War 11 Victory Ribbon, Bronze Star Medal. Wounds received in action, Leyte, 10 November 1944. Latest Immunization Dates, Smallpox-March 25, 1944, Typhoid-November 4, 1943, Tetanus-November 4, 1943. Service Outside of US, Date of Departure, July 23, 1944, SWPA, date of arrival, July 28, 1944, Date of Departure, January 1, 1945, USA, date of Arrival, January 20, 1945. Total Length of Service, 3 years, 0 months, 18 days, Foreign Service, 5 months and 27 days. Reason and Authority for Separation, Certificate of Disability for Discharge AR 615-361. Education 7th Grade. Pat Data, 3 years, 6 months, 12 days, Mustering Out Pay, $300, This Payment $100. Soldier Deposits, None. Travel Pay $31.45, Total Amount, $179.91 VOU 6629 H N CR.
Information found on His Discharge From the Army.

A RED OAK DOUGHBOY TELLS HIS STORY
Sgt. Delmont Jones, a Red Oak doughboy, was in action for 15 days on Leyte Island with the 96th Infantry Division before a sniper wound necessitated his return to the United State where he spent sometime at Letterman Hospital in San Francisco before the young Infantryman was transferred to a government hospital in the midwest in Kansas, where his mother, Mrs. Alta Jones of the Opal Apartments, Red Oak, visited him recently. She found him the same smiling boy after many months of intense suffering.
The following release from the War Department tells the story: Before he was wounded in the left hip by a Jap sniper, Sgt. Belmont Jones saw 15 days of fierce action of Leyte Island. "You can throw in the nights too, for those Japs gave us little time to sleep, " he grinned, during an interview at the hospital. "The roughest part was their "Banzal" raids. We had to beat off three raids after we had taken a hill about 18 miles inland, two of them in one night." "The Japs blew a bugle to announce the start of the first raid," said the doughboy.
"It was about midnight and I was out in front of our perimeter acting as a squad leader of a heavy machine-gun squad posted for local security. Our regular squad leader had been killed a few days before and I took his place. You could hear the Japs jabbering as they came through the bushes, but I ordered my gunner to hold his fire until they were almost on top of us."
"Then they started yelling like a bunch drunks and throwing hand grenades. Not a Jap in the first two waves got through. When the third wave headed for us, our machine-gun suddenly was silent. I crawled over and found my gunner dead, shot through the chest. I jumped in and took his place behind the gun in time to get five or six Japs moving up on our left flank."
"We figured we could get some sleep after stopping that attack, but another one started about an hour after. I had a mighty close shave in that one."
Two Jars sneaked up on Sgt. Jones with a light machine-gun in the darkness and fired point blank at him from a distance of seven yards," he said.
"I could see them advancing toward me, but I didn't know what kind of weapons they were carrying, when the machine-gun squad had been ordered to hold our fire until the last minute, in order not to expose ourselves and to bring the greatest firepower against the enemy."
"The firs burst from the Jap gun hit the water jacket on my weapon, sending a shower of water into my face. However, those Japs didn't get off any more rounds. One of my ammunition bearers killed both of them with a hand grenade."
Several days later, Sgt. Jones was hit in the left hip by a Jap sniper, while his squad was digging an emplacement for a machine-gun. While litter bearers were coming up to carry him back to the aid station, he told his buddy to fire at a nearby tree, figuring the Jap was there. When the tree was sprayed, the sniper tumbled out, fatally wounded.
The Red Oak doughboy, who received basic Infantry training with the 96th Division at Camp Adair, Oregon, has been in the Army 27 months.
Red Oak Express, Red Oak, Iowa, February 26th, 1945, page 1

SGT DELMONT JONES WOUNDED VET HOME
Sgt. Delmont Jones hospitalized since wounded in action November 5, at Leyet, in overseas hospital and in the States, was brought to the home of his mother, Mrs. Alta Jones who resided in the Detwiller Apartments, 301 West Third Street, early Sunday morning from a government hospital in Topeka, Kansas in the Sellergren Ambulance, Delaine Sellergren and the serviceman's brother, Kenneth Jones made the trip to get him. He stood the trip "fairly" well. He is in a brace from his hip to his toes. He was shot thru the hip, had a broken leg, hit by shrapnel and suffered from jungle fever. He was homesick and had been given a 21 day furlough. Sunday 75 relatives and friends called to see him among them being his sister and family, Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Abbott and children of Glenwood. He was the first group to go into Leyte and was among the first wounded to return to the United States. He will get to spend a portion of his time at home and then return to the hospital for further treatment.
Mrs. Alta Jones received a message Friday from the War Department saying that her son, Pvt, Jack Jones, had again been wounded and was in a hospital. He was with Patton's Third Army in Germany. He was wounded in the hand. Last August Pvt Jones received leg wounds in action and was hospitalized from August until after Christmas.
Mrs. Alta Jones, son John Jones, has won his wings and is ready for overseas action. He will get his furlough April 5 and will be home from Tindall Field, Florida, for a visit with his mother and wounded brother, Sgt. Delmont Jones.
Her fourth son in the service is Chester Jones, seaman first class with the Coast Guards along the Pacific.
Red Oak Express, Red Oak, Iowa, Monday, April 2, 1945, page 1

DINNER HONORS SERVICE MAN
Mrs. Alta Jones held a dinner Sunday in honor of her son, Pfc. Belmont Jones, who is her from Camp White, Oregon, on a 7 day furlough. Those present were Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Jones of Red Oak, Arlene Patterson of Omaha, Douglas Abbott, and Junior Joes of Glenwood, M. Abbott and Miss Estes of Nebraska City. They were supper guest of Mrs. C. E. Jones.
FOR PFC. DELMONT JONES
Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Page held a dance at their home Saturday night in honor of Pfc. Belmont Jones, who is here on a 7-day furlough. It was also his birthday, so at midnight the crowd sang "Happy Birthday" and a collection of money was taken and presented to the soldier lad. A nice lunch was served and music for the dance was furnished by Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Jones. All departed wishing him a speedy return to Red Oak. He will leave for Camp White Oregon, Wednesday night.
Red Oak Express, Red Oak, Iowa, Monday, January 17th, 1944, page 4