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Pvt Louie Lawrence Majors

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Pvt Louie Lawrence Majors

Birth
Pemiscot County, Missouri, USA
Death
4 Nov 1943 (aged 20)
Blackstone, Nottoway County, Virginia, USA
Burial
Caruthersville, Pemiscot County, Missouri, USA GPS-Latitude: 36.1740317, Longitude: -89.6655355
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CLARKTON SOLDIER KILLED IN BLAST AT VIRGINIA ARMY CAMP
Five enlisted men was killed and five others seriously injured in an accidental explosion on Camp Pickett Firing range, post authories announced today. The post announcement said that a charge of high explosives was accidentally set off. The accident took place late yesterday and a board of officers is investigating, The dead, all personell of a quartermaster service company and next of kin, included Pvt. Louis L. Majors, 20, Route 1, Clarkton, Mo. whose mother is Mrs. Mattie Lena Majors, Gobler, Missouri.
Southeast Missourian - November 5, 1943

US Quartermaster Corps
son of T.O. and Lena Majors
CLARKTON SOLDIER KILLED IN BLAST AT VIRGINIA ARMY CAMP
Five enlisted men was killed and five others seriously injured in an accidental explosion on Camp Pickett Firing range, post authories announced today. The post announcement said that a charge of high explosives was accidentally set off. The accident took place late yesterday and a board of officers is investigating, The dead, all personell of a quartermaster service company and next of kin, included Pvt. Louis L. Majors, 20, Route 1, Clarkton, Mo. whose mother is Mrs. Mattie Lena Majors, Gobler, Missouri.
Southeast Missourian - November 5, 1943

US Quartermaster Corps
son of T.O. and Lena Majors

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