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SSGT Fred Alvin Clayton

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SSGT Fred Alvin Clayton

Birth
South Carolina, USA
Death
21 May 1944 (aged 20)
Burial
Lemay, St. Louis County, Missouri, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section 82 Site 46B-46D
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SSGT US Army Air Forces World War II

Original Obituary appears in Spartanburg Herald Journal Obituary Section on, Sunday Morning, May 28, 1944, on page 24.

IN NEW GUINEA DIES IN ACTION - Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Clayton of Fairmont, SC, have been notified by the war department that one of their two sons, stationed in New Guinea has been killed in action. The message stated that Staff Sergeant Fred A. Clayton, an aerial gunner, was killed in action, on May 21, 1944. He had been stationed in New Guinea since last December. He is survived by his parents, his brother, Sergeant Clifford T. Clayton, stationed in New Guinea, another brother Harry Clayton of Fairmont, SC and the following sisters, Mrs. Mary Carroll of Franklin, Indiana, Ruby Clayton, Mrs. Elaine Ray and Miss Gladys Clayton of Fairmont, SC.
SSGT US Army Air Forces World War II

Original Obituary appears in Spartanburg Herald Journal Obituary Section on, Sunday Morning, May 28, 1944, on page 24.

IN NEW GUINEA DIES IN ACTION - Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Clayton of Fairmont, SC, have been notified by the war department that one of their two sons, stationed in New Guinea has been killed in action. The message stated that Staff Sergeant Fred A. Clayton, an aerial gunner, was killed in action, on May 21, 1944. He had been stationed in New Guinea since last December. He is survived by his parents, his brother, Sergeant Clifford T. Clayton, stationed in New Guinea, another brother Harry Clayton of Fairmont, SC and the following sisters, Mrs. Mary Carroll of Franklin, Indiana, Ruby Clayton, Mrs. Elaine Ray and Miss Gladys Clayton of Fairmont, SC.


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  • Created by: Tami Glock
  • Added: Feb 24, 2009
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/34177362/fred_alvin-clayton: accessed ), memorial page for SSGT Fred Alvin Clayton (28 Nov 1923–21 May 1944), Find a Grave Memorial ID 34177362, citing Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, Lemay, St. Louis County, Missouri, USA; Maintained by Tami Glock (contributor 46872676).