Medal of Honor
1941-12-07
Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Territory, USA
- Rank at action
- Ensign
- Service
- U.S. Naval Reserve
- Conflict
- World War II
- Unit or command
- U.S.S. California
The Citation
Sources ↓For conspicuous devotion to duty, extraordinary courage, and complete disregard of his own life, above and beyond the call of duty, during the attack on the Fleet in Pearl Harbor, by Japanese forces on 7 December 1941. Ens. Jones organized and led a party, which was supplying ammunition to the antiaircraft battery of the U.S.S. California after the mechanical hoists were put out of action when he was fatally wounded by a bomb explosion. When 2 men attempted to take him from the area which was on fire, he refused to let them do so, saying in words to the effect, "Leave me alone! I am done for. Get out of here before the magazines go off."
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- Herbert Charpoit Jones — Congressional Medal of Honor Society recipient profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-09-01
current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison
Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
- Award ID
- MOH-AW-002919
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-09-01
- Accredited to
- California
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- 146d82ef138d95872b49027b16a4c29f7171ad6d76585e1d0cdd5442744dbc65
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; rendered current reference profile comparison is documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
Current official reference profile confirms identity and core action metadata; exact legacy citation text and checksum are retained; General Order comparison remains pending.