LT QUENTIN B. JONES, USNR

Class 1937

Born July 6, 1915

Died November 13, 1942

Age 27

Hometown Chicago, Illinois

Lucky Bag Yearbook

From the 1937 Lucky Bag:

QUENTIN BOCKLER JONES

Jonesy Q-Ball

Baseball 4, 2. Star 2. Three Stripes.

Believe it or don’t, the only one of the famous “Jones Boys” in this last class of the old regime! But that’s not the only thing unique about this son of South Dakota and South Shore, Chicago. (By the way, that’s as far as his Southern sympathies go; he still thinks the Yankees won the war.) A star on the plebe baseball team, Jonesy later turned to the varsity diamond. As a roommate, he hasn’t been too much trouble, except for his argumentative tendencies; he is almost always right. A real savoir, he has always been willing to clear up any academic mysteries.

Loss

Quentin was lost in USS Juneau (CL 52) during the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal on November 13, 1942.

Other Information

From researcher Kathy Franz:

He graduated from Hyde Park Career Academy High School. He was Vocational Guidance chairman of the Civic Industrial Club in fall 1932.

Father Buell was an attorney, mother Florence, and sister Dorothy. In 1940 the family lived in Evanston, and Quentin was an engineer at an automatic electric company. In 1930 he lived in Miller, South Dakota.

His wife was listed as next of kin.

Career

Quentin was not commissioned upon graduation; possibly due to a physical limitation. He was commissioned an Ensign, USNR DEV(G) on March 26, 1938, though he does not appear in any Navy Directory from that period. He is listed in the 1941 Naval Reserve Officer Register as an Ensign with date of rank as noted.

Class of 1937

Quentin is one of 47 members of the Class of 1937 on Virtual Memorial Hall.

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