Will "Dub" J. Jones is a Notable burial https://www.cem.va.gov/cems/nchp/riverside.asp.  He was born in Louisiana in 1928. Private First Class Jones served in the Air Force from 1946 until May 1949. As a civilian he moved to Los Angeles, CA, and sang gospel before his music group switched to the rhythm-and-blues sound. In the late 1950s he joined the Coasters. Jones' bass vocals are best remembered for lines in the popular hits "Yakety Yak" ("Don't Talk Back") and "Charlie Brown" ("Why's Everybody Always Picking on me?"). Jones and other Coasters were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987. He died January 16, 2000.
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