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Personal info

Full name
CLAY, Lloyd E
Date of birth
5 February 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Alabama
Hometown
Queens, Queens County, New York

Military service

Service number
32787637
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
G Company,
3rd Battalion,
504th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
11 October 1944
Place of death
Groesbeek, the Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
B 44 47

Immediate family

Members
Robert L. Clay (father)
Anice E. (Young) Clay (mother)
Burnice Clay (sister)
Howard (brother)
Jack Clay (brother)
Mary C. Clay (sister)
Marjorie Clay (sister)
Barbara A. Clay (sister)

More information

Private Lloyd E. Clay was severely wounded in action in Groesbeek and was initially buried in a temporary grave at the American War Cemetery Ardennes on 16 March 1945.

Source of information: Tjarco Schuurman, Terry Hirsch, www.ww2-airborne.us, http://aad.archives.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.bevrijdingsmuseum.nl, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census / WWII Draft Card

Photo source: Tjarco Schuurman, www.ww2-airborne.us