Master Sergeant Jones was a veteran of World War II. In Korea, he was a crew member of a B-29A Superfortress Bomber with the 93rd Bomber Squadron, 19th Bomber Wing. On 12 April 1951, while on a combat mission, the aircraft was attacked by fifteen to twenty MiGs. It exploded and crashed into a mountain near Sinuiju, North Korea. His remains were recovered on 8 December 1993 and were identified on 25 October 1994. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.

Jones was awarded the Air Medal, the Purple Heart, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Presidential Unit Citation, the Republic of Korea War Service Medal and the World War II Victory Medal.