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Personal info

Full name
CLOYD, Wayne
Date of birth
30 July 1913
Age
31
Place of birth
Sangamon County, Illinois
Hometown
Sangamon County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36033185
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
4th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
20 December 1944
Place of death
Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
G 15 11

Immediate family

Members
Matthew F. Cloyd (father)
Mae C. (Williams) Cloyd (mother)
Lee O. Cloyd (brother)
Millard D. Cloyd (brother)
Grace I. Cloyd (sister)
Arthur F. Cloyd (brother)
Russell H. Cloyd (brother)
Eleanore F. Cloyd (sister)

More information

Pvt. Wayne Cloyd attended Illinois Wesleyan University for two years and was a postal clerk before entering the service.

The picture was taken in college in 1932.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Astrid van Erp, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Cloyd Bedford 41 / Family Trees, United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946

Photo source: www.findagrave.com, Des Philippet, www.ancestry.com - Illinois Wesleyan University, 1932