(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Colonel (Infantry) Alan Walter Jones, Jr. (ASN: 0-25868), United States Army, was awarded a Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster in lieu of a Second Award of the Legion of Merit for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States from 1967 to 1970.
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Awards Received
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Prisoner of War Medal
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Army Distinguished Service Medal
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Legion of Merit
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Prisoner of War Medal
Service:
United States ArmyRank:
First Lieutenant (Infantry)Division:
Prisoner of War (Germany)Action Date:
December 1944 – May 1945
First Lieutenant (Infantry) Alan Walter Jones, Jr. (ASN: 0-25868), United States Army, was captured by German forces during fighting on or about 21 December 1944, and was held as a Prisoner of War until the end of hostilities in May 1945.
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Army Distinguished Service Medal
Service:
United States ArmyRank:
Colonel (Infantry)Division:
Headquarters, Allied Landing Forces Central EuropeAction Date:
1970 – 1973
United States Military Academy Register of Graduates(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Colonel (Infantry) Alan Walter Jones, Jr. (ASN: 0-25868), United States Army, was awarded the Army Distinguished Service Medal for exceptionally meritorious and distinguished service in a position of great responsibility to the Government of the United States with Headquarters, Allied Landing Forces Central Europe from 1970 to 1973.
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Legion of Merit
Service:
United States ArmyRank:
Colonel (Infantry)Regiment:
3d BrigadeDivision:
2d Infantry DivisionAction Date:
1966 – 1967
United States Military Academy Register of Graduates(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Colonel (Infantry) Alan Walter Jones, Jr. (ASN: 0-25868), United States Army, was awarded the Legion of Merit for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States as Commanding Officer, 2d Brigade, 2d Infantry Division, in Korea, from 1966 to 1967.