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HELSLEY, Claude Edwards Foster - Date of
birth
28 May 1920 -
Age
24 - Place of
birth
Muhlenberg County, Kentucky -
Hometown
Muhlenberg County, Kentucky
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
35486180 -
Rank
Private -
Function
unknown -
Unit
I Company,
3rd Battalion,
377th Infantry Regiment,
95th Infantry Division
-
Awards
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
20 November 1944 - Place of
death
Denting, France
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| J | 36 | 21 |
Immediate family
-
Members
Foster L. Helsley (father)
Minnie B. (Edwards) Helsley (mother)
More information
Pvt Claude E. Helsley enlisted in Evansville, Indiana on 25 July 1942.He worked on a farm before he enlisted.
He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Limey, France.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.findagrave.com, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Hunsinger Family Tree, http://mathieu.gitzhofer.free.fr/irongb.php
Photo source: Marcel van Aalzum