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SSGT Jack Cozette Clackley
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SSGT Jack Cozette Clackley Veteran

Birth
Montgomery County, Alabama, USA
Death
29 Nov 1943 (aged 20)
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Coton, South Cambridgeshire District, Cambridgeshire, England Add to Map
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Entered the service from Alabama.

Obituary, published in the Greenville, AL Advocate, 9/20/1945:

Killed In Action Over Germany
S/Sgt. Jack C. Clackley Reported Missing In 1943; Now Listed As Dead

Staff Sgt. Jack C. Clackley, who was reported missing in action November 29, 1943, has been declared dead by the War Department. His sister-in-law, Mrs. Charles W. Clackley, was notified.

S/Sgt. Clackley, who was employed by Alabama Mills Co., joined the Air Corps in November, 1942, and arrived in England as a member of the crew of a Flying Fortress in September, 1943.

After five missions over enemy-occupied Continental Europe, the Fortress failed to return from a bombardment mission to Bremen, Germany, and he was reported missing.

The Air Medal was awarded to S/Sgt. Clackley in December, 1944, and was presented to his brother, Charles W. Clackley, at Brookley Field, Mobile.

S/Sgt. Clackley is survived by two brothers, Pfc. Charles W. Clackley, who is on Okinawa, and Buck Clackley, Greenville, and one sister, Mrs. Paul Thorpe, Valley Station, KY.
Entered the service from Alabama.

Obituary, published in the Greenville, AL Advocate, 9/20/1945:

Killed In Action Over Germany
S/Sgt. Jack C. Clackley Reported Missing In 1943; Now Listed As Dead

Staff Sgt. Jack C. Clackley, who was reported missing in action November 29, 1943, has been declared dead by the War Department. His sister-in-law, Mrs. Charles W. Clackley, was notified.

S/Sgt. Clackley, who was employed by Alabama Mills Co., joined the Air Corps in November, 1942, and arrived in England as a member of the crew of a Flying Fortress in September, 1943.

After five missions over enemy-occupied Continental Europe, the Fortress failed to return from a bombardment mission to Bremen, Germany, and he was reported missing.

The Air Medal was awarded to S/Sgt. Clackley in December, 1944, and was presented to his brother, Charles W. Clackley, at Brookley Field, Mobile.

S/Sgt. Clackley is survived by two brothers, Pfc. Charles W. Clackley, who is on Okinawa, and Buck Clackley, Greenville, and one sister, Mrs. Paul Thorpe, Valley Station, KY.

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338 BOMB SQ 96 BOMB GP(H)




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