• Nov. 28, 1918 – Feb. 1, 1944
• Born in Knoxville, TN
• Business Administration – 1939-1941
• 2nd Lt. – Army
  • Enlisted in October 1940
• 1st Ranger Bn.  KIA. Buried at Sicily-Rome American Cemetery in Nettuno, Sicily

Hugh Jackson Jones Jr. (Nov. 28, 1918 – Feb. 1, 1944) was born in Knoxville, Tennessee. He attended the University of Tennessee for Business Administration from 1939 until 1941, when he enlisted in that academic year before the war began in December 1941. He originally enlisted in the United States Army as cavalry, but was transferred to serve as a 2nd Lieutenant in the 1st Ranger Battalion when the US entered the war. He participated in the invasion of North Africa, where the 1st, 3rd, and 4th Ranger Battalions became known as “Darby’s Rangers” under Captain William Darby. 2nd Lt. Jones was also present when the 1st Rangers helped take the city of Salerno during the Sicily campaign in September 1943. They were some of the first units deployed during the invasion of Italy and the move on Anzio at the start of 1944. 2nd Lt. Hugh Jones Jr. was killed in action during the Battle of Anzio on February 1, 1944, when the 1st, 3rd, and 4th Ranger Battalions were overrun by a large German counteroffensive force at the Battle of Cisterna, Italy. He is memorialized at the Sicily-Rome American Cemetery in Nettuno, Sicily.

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