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PVT Clifton Fisher

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PVT Clifton Fisher

Birth
Albemarle County, Virginia, USA
Death
31 Aug 1942 (aged 29)
Florida, USA
Burial
Waynesboro, Waynesboro City, Virginia, USA Add to Map
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Waynesboro Man Drowned Off Florida

Jacksonville,Fla. Aug.31- Private Clifton Fisher,twenty-three of Waynesboro,Va., stationed at camp Blanding,drowned in the Atlantic ocean off Jacksonville Beach yesterday,Lieut.John W.Lynch of the 104th Medical Corps announced.

Fisher was swimming outside the area guarded by the life saving corps and was swept under by a wave,witness said.An identification tag listed the next of kin as Elizabeth Kirby,Route one,Waynesboro,Va.

Waynesboro,Aug.31.- Private Clifton Fisher, a native of Albemarle County,but a resident of near Waynesboro for a number of years,was inducted into the Army on Feb,21,1942 as a selective Service of the Augusta No.1 Selective Service Board.

His mother has wired requesting that the body be shipped to Waynesboro for burial.Arrangements will be in charge of the Etter funeral home.Details will be announced later.


9/1/1942
Waynesboro Man Drowned Off Florida

Jacksonville,Fla. Aug.31- Private Clifton Fisher,twenty-three of Waynesboro,Va., stationed at camp Blanding,drowned in the Atlantic ocean off Jacksonville Beach yesterday,Lieut.John W.Lynch of the 104th Medical Corps announced.

Fisher was swimming outside the area guarded by the life saving corps and was swept under by a wave,witness said.An identification tag listed the next of kin as Elizabeth Kirby,Route one,Waynesboro,Va.

Waynesboro,Aug.31.- Private Clifton Fisher, a native of Albemarle County,but a resident of near Waynesboro for a number of years,was inducted into the Army on Feb,21,1942 as a selective Service of the Augusta No.1 Selective Service Board.

His mother has wired requesting that the body be shipped to Waynesboro for burial.Arrangements will be in charge of the Etter funeral home.Details will be announced later.


9/1/1942

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Virginia
P.V.T 116 INF
29 DIV



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  • Originally Created by: Pen
  • Added: Oct 19, 2010
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/60310660/clifton-fisher: accessed ), memorial page for PVT Clifton Fisher (12 Jun 1913–31 Aug 1942), Find a Grave Memorial ID 60310660, citing Glen Kirk Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Waynesboro, Waynesboro City, Virginia, USA; Maintained by LNM (contributor 47438535).