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LYNOM, Clemmie - Date of
birth
23 December 1922 -
Age
22 - Place of
birth
Shelby, Bolivar County, Mississippi -
Hometown
Shelby, Bolivar County, Mississippi -
Ethnicity
African American
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
34621084 -
Rank
Private -
Function
unknown -
Unit
333rd Field Artillery Battalion
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Awards
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Died of Wounds - Date of
death
4 January 1945 - Place of
death
Koblenz, Germany
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| C | 17 | 15 |
Immediate family
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Members
Henry Lynom (father)
Susie (McPipe) Lynom (mother)
Dora M Lynom (sister)
Cleo Lynom (sister)
Henry Lynom (brother)
Mazie Lynom (sister)
More information
Pvt Clemmie Lynom worked on a farm before he enlisted at Camp Shelby, Mississippi on 4 February 1943.Pvt Lynom was taken prisoner and was wounded during an air raid in Germany. He suffered a fracture of his skull, serious injury of the brain and inflammation of the skin of the brain. It is not sure on which date he got wounded. He died in Koblenz and was initially buried at the French cemetery of Koblenz-Karthause on 10 January 1945.
Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil 1942-1949, https://catalog.archives.gov/id/18238601
Photo source: Peter Schouteten