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Personal info

Full name
MADELEY, Claude Lewis
Date of birth
6 November 1911
Age
33
Place of birth
Conroe, Montgomery County, Texas
Hometown
Conroe, Montgomery County, Texas

Military service

Service number
O1321646
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
Platoon Commander
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
175th Infantry Regiment,
29th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
22 December 1944
Place of death
West bank of the Rur river in Jülich, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
N 4 9

Immediate family

Members
Andrew M. Madeley (father)
Nettie Madeley (mother)
Antoinette C. Madeley (sister)
Robert A. Madeley (brother)
Kathleen H. Madeley (sister)
Ruby L. Madeley (wife)
Laura L. Madeley (daughter)
Dorothy E. Madeley (daughter)

More information

2nd Lt Claude L. Madeley entered the Service from Montgomery Texas on 27 October 1942 as a Private with Army Serial Number 38244427.

He joined his unit from Replacement Depot on 26 November 1944. Before his enlistment he attended 4 years of college, worked as a lawyer in Conroe, Texas and was married. He graduated from Texas A&M Universtiy in 1933.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Alice A. Lege Tomme (niece), www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census US

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Alice A. Lege Tomme (niece), The Bluebell - Yearbook of Conroe High School, 1928