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Personal info

Full name
WILLIAMS, Clyde Eugene
Date of birth
25 November 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Stone County, Mississippi
Hometown
Perkinson, Stone County, Mississippi

Military service

Service number
34875367
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
F Company,
2nd Battalion,
141st Infantry Regiment,
36th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
9 December 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Colmar, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
A 22 10

Immediate family

Members
Horace H. Williams (father)
Josey Williams (mother)
Loral Williams (brother)
Jaenaes Williams (sister)
Leo Williams (brother)
Howard Williams (brother)
Morris Williams (brother)
Doris E. Williams (wife)
Percy E. Williams (son)

More information

Pfc Clyde F Williams worked on a farm before he enlisted at Camp Shelby, Mississippi on 23 October 1943.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Hochfelden, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, https://36th-id.frb.io, https://texasmilitaryforcesmuseum.org/, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / WWII Draft Cards Young Men / WWII Hospital Admission Card Files / 1930 Census, www.findagrave.com – Albert Ledoux, www.newspapers.com – Stone County Enterprise - 18 January 1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Laura, www.newspapers.com – Stone County Enterprise - 18 January 1945