Private Jones was a member of Company E, 2nd Battalion, 65th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division. He was Killed in Action while fighting the enemy in North Korea on 14 June 1953. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.

Jones was awarded the Purple Heart, the Combat Infantryman's Badge, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Presidential Unit Citation and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal.