Major General Alan Walter Jones (October 6, 1894 − January 22, 1969) was a career officer in the United States Army.

[6][7] During World War I, Jones was promoted to first lieutenant and then temporary captain, and served at posts including Camp Pike, Arkansas and Pensacola, Florida.

Chosen for further professional education at the United States Army War College, Jones began attending in 1937 and graduated in 1938.

[8] In the late 1920s, Jones served on the staff of the Army Infantry School at Fort Benning, Georgia[9] and in 1929 he was assigned to Camp Perry, Ohio as a faculty member for a newly organized program of marksmanship instruction which preceded an annual military shooting competition.

[11] In 1938, Jones was posted to the 19th Infantry Regiment at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, and he was promoted to lieutenant colonel on July 1, 1940, while the United States was preparing for World War II.

[11] On December 24, 1941, shortly after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and the subsequent German declaration of war against the United States, he was promoted to the temporary rank of colonel.

[13][12] Jones was assigned to the staff of the Army Ground Forces headquarters in April 1942, and on June 24 he received promotion to the temporary rank of brigadier general.

[19] Jones' inexperienced division initially performed well, but quickly became combat ineffective, with two of its three regiments, the 422nd and 423rd Infantry, encircled and cut off near Schönberg in Eupen-Malmedy, which ultimately resulted in their surrender to the Germans.

[23][24] However Jones suffered a heart attack later that evening and was medically evacuated on December 22, which turned command over to his deputy, Brigadier General Herbert T.

[25] In March 1945, Jones was taking part in offensive operations between Bonn and Cologne when a German bomb landed near him and he sustained head wounds that required him to be hospitalized.