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Personal info

Full name
ARMSTRONG, Claudius Junior
Date of birth
25 August 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Agency, Wapello County, Iowa
Hometown
Wapello County, Iowa
Religion
Protestant

Military service

Service number
37667987
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
16th Armored Infantry Battalion,
13th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
12 April 1945
Place of death
Sieburg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
H 19 21

Immediate family

Members
Claudius S. Armstrong (father)
Edna J. (Rill) Armstrong (mother)
Frances J. Armstrong (sister)
Clara B. Armstrong (sister)
Marjorie L. Armstrong (sister)
Wendall D. Armstrong (brother)
Don R. Armstrong (brother)
John R. Armstrong (brother)

More information

Pfc Claudis J. Armstrong was born on a farm. He graduated from Agency High School and attended Parsons College.

He enlisted on 6 April 1943 at Camp Dodge Herrold, Iowa and was sent overseas in January 1945.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Iowa World War II Bonus Case Files / U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, www.newspaperarchive.com - Ottumwa Daily Courier

Photo source: www.findagrave.com, Des Philippet, www.newspaperarchive.com