Junius Wallace Jones
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| Birth name | Junius Wallace Jones |
| Born |
April 3, 1890 Jackson, Louisiana |
| Died | February 14, 1977 (aged 86) Jackson, Louisiana |
| Buried | St. Francisville, Louisiana |
| Allegiance |
 United States
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| Service/branch |
 United States Air Force
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| Years of service | 1913-1952 |
| Rank | Major general |
| Battles/wars | World War II |
| Awards |
Legion of Merit Distinguished Service Medal Air Medal |
Junius Wallace Jones, B. S., (1890–1977) was a major general in the United States Air Force. He was the Air Inspector (a precursor to Inspector General) for the Air Force when it was formed in 1947.
Jones was born at Centenaria, the former home of the President of Centenary College, in Jackson (East Feliciana Parish) Louisiana on April 3, 1890 to Philip Huff Jones, M.D. and Annabelle Smith, the second born of five children. Jones was descended from a prominent local family, his paternal grandfather was John Welch Jones, MD. having been director of the East Louisiana State Hospital (then called the Insane Asylum of Louisiana) and his maternal grandfather having been a plantation owner.
Jones came from a family with a military tradition. Jones descended directly from three soldiers, Samuel Jones, Thomas Jackson, and Samuel Hilton, who served in the Revolutionary War with General Francis Marion, known as "the swamp fox". His grandfather, John Welch Jones, was in the Mexican-American War and served the army of the Confederate States of America as captain of a company of cavalry, the Plains Cavalry, which he organized. Jones received private primary and secondary education. He was attending Louisiana State University in his junior year when he received an appointment to the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, which he entered on March 1, 1909. Jones graduated in 1913 with a bachelor of science degree.
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