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S/Sgt. Clarence Oscar Deakyne Jr.

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S/Sgt. Clarence Oscar Deakyne Jr. Veteran

Birth
New Castle County, Delaware, USA
Death
28 Apr 1944 (aged 27)
Burial
Coton, South Cambridgeshire District, Cambridgeshire, England Add to Map
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Tablet of the Missing
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Clarence served as a Staff Sergeant with the 33rd Chemical Decontamination Company, U.S. Army during World War II.

He resided in Calvert County, Maryland prior to the war and previously to that he resided in Minquadale, DE with his parents.

He enlisted in the Army on July 22, 1942 in Camden, New Jersey. He was noted as being employed as a Laboratory technician and/or assistant and also as Single, without dependents.

He was declared "Missing In Action" when a L.S.T. he was on was sunk in the English Channel in what was called " Exercise Tiger " which was a practice run for the " D-Day Invasion of France "during the war.

He was awarded the Purple Heart.

Service # 32076630

Clarence also has a "Cenotaph" in the Barratt's Chapel Cemetery, Frederica, Delaware.

"Click Here" for that record.

Son of Clarence Oscar Deakyne, Sr. and Rose May Hickman Deakyne who resided in Minquadale, Delaware during the war.

( Bio & Family Link by: Russ Pickett )
Clarence served as a Staff Sergeant with the 33rd Chemical Decontamination Company, U.S. Army during World War II.

He resided in Calvert County, Maryland prior to the war and previously to that he resided in Minquadale, DE with his parents.

He enlisted in the Army on July 22, 1942 in Camden, New Jersey. He was noted as being employed as a Laboratory technician and/or assistant and also as Single, without dependents.

He was declared "Missing In Action" when a L.S.T. he was on was sunk in the English Channel in what was called " Exercise Tiger " which was a practice run for the " D-Day Invasion of France "during the war.

He was awarded the Purple Heart.

Service # 32076630

Clarence also has a "Cenotaph" in the Barratt's Chapel Cemetery, Frederica, Delaware.

"Click Here" for that record.

Son of Clarence Oscar Deakyne, Sr. and Rose May Hickman Deakyne who resided in Minquadale, Delaware during the war.

( Bio & Family Link by: Russ Pickett )


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  • Maintained by: Russ Pickett
  • Originally Created by: War Graves
  • Added: Aug 6, 2010
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56289110/clarence_oscar-deakyne: accessed ), memorial page for S/Sgt. Clarence Oscar Deakyne Jr. (20 Apr 1917–28 Apr 1944), Find a Grave Memorial ID 56289110, citing Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial, Coton, South Cambridgeshire District, Cambridgeshire, England; Maintained by Russ Pickett (contributor 46575736).