John Cecil Jones, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American lynching victim
Date of Birth: 09-Jul-1915
Place of Birth: Cotton Valley, Louisiana, United States
Date of Death: 08-Aug-1946
Profession: military personnel
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Cancer 
About John Cecil Jones
- John Cecil Jones was an honorably-discharged World War II corporal and veteran who was tortured and lynched near Minden, in Webster Parish, Louisiana by a mob in 1946.
- His 17-year-old cousin Albert Harris, Jr.
- was tortured and left for dead alongside Jones.
- This was the only known post-World War II lynching to occur in Louisiana, and it involved multiple well-known local individuals, politicians, and a cover-up by multiple law enforcement entities.
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