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“I had the Honor and pleasure to have Joshua, a young father, serving under my command from May until June 2022. Joshua Jones, a ‘Norman at heart,’ really embodied the core values a Norman displays on the battlefield: Ferocity, boundless energy, cunning, [and] a capacity for leadership,” their social media post read. “Above everything, Joshua was loved. Simple as that. He was the kind of guy you want to have in your unit. His playful attitude got us through gray skies and there is no way we can forget him.”
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Jones was self-motivated in going. Before we went to Ukraine, he was training intensively in a local gym, and this is where he met his friend, Tyler Rose.
“He did feel like a duty to help people. He had a very sense of strong honor and his sense of duty to help,” Tyler Rose, a friend told WREG.
The details of his death are not available yet, but the State Department has already confirmed his identity. However, according to TASS, a Russian news outlet, the ombudsperson of the Donbas region Darya Morozova said Jones was killed by militia members of the Donetsk People’s Republic (Russian-backed separatist group). Morozova added that the militia agreed to return his body to the US.
“He was the kind of guy that held my head up for me when I didn’t really want to myself,” Rose said. “He really changed my life for the better the short time that I knew him he positively affected my life.”
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Jones’ legacy leaves an imprint on the Ukrainians he was fighting for and for his friends and family. He served as an infantryman in the US Army and enlisted back in August 2016. According to the US Army spokesperson, he held the rank of a specialist at the end of his service in June 2019.
He served in the 25th Infantry Division in Hawaii and trained “over 25 soldiers in Korea, Thailand and the Philippines.”
The Army spokesperson also confirmed that even though he was not deployed, he earned six commendations throughout his brief service, including National Defense Service Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, Korean Defense Service Medal, Army Service Ribbon, and the Overseas Service Ribbon.
“He was a very loyal guy and the people that were closest to him meant a lot to him,” Rose said.
We here at SOFREP honor the sacrifice, bravery, and courage you have shown everyone. Thank you, brother!
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