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FEATHERSTON, Clyde Elijah - Date of
birth
16 October 1923 -
Age
20 - Place of
birth
Norman, Montgomery County, Arkansas -
Hometown
Garland County, Arkansas
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
18135839 -
Rank
Sergeant -
Function
unknown -
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
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Awards
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
21 September 1944 - Place of
death
Damianenweg, north side of the monastery
St Oedenrode-Schijndel, The Netherlands
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| A | 3 | 30 |
Immediate family
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Members
Elijah E. Featherston (father)
Rose S. (Shannon) Featherston (mother)
Louise Featherston (sister)
Virginia A. Featherston (sister)
More information
Sgt Clyde E. Featherston graduated from Norman High School in 1941 and worked as a clerk at the Moody Hotel in Hot Springs.He volunteered for the Army of the United States on 12 June 1942.
He participated in the invasion of Normandy.
He was shot by a German sniper.
He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Son, The Netherlands.
Source of information: Louise Featherston Lane, http://www.ww2-airborne.us/, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / Family Tree / 1940 Census
Photo source: Nico Leers, Louise Featherston Lane, The Arkansas Historical Institute, The Fighting Men of Arkansas and A History of World War Two. Publisher: Democrat Printing & Litho Co. 1946, Little Rock.