M1 carbine "inscribed name"?

[second shooter]

Hi, i recently picked up an inland division M1 Carbine, i took it apart and gave it a good clean, on the metal tab that secures the wooden top cover to the reciever there is a name and part of a number scratched in its fairly faint but i think the name is "ted jones" and the number is "8?4" most likley "804" but it is worn from rubbing on the reciever.
has anybody come across this before on M1s and is there any database on ww2 or korean service men or where do i start trying to track down more info on this guy(any name but jones would have been good), i tried google and got thousands of jones, thedores , teds and edwards?
cheers tim

[mde]

The number, 8?2, is probably the last three digits of the person's army number. This might help narrow down the list of possible Jones.

[second shooter]

i just has a good look in daylight and its proably ted homer? i will get a few more people to have a look at it and see what they think? i will try the serial number idea , i thought it may have meant 804th?