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Personal info

Full name
CLAIBORNE, French Ellis
Date of birth
15 January 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Hamblen County, Tennessee
Hometown
Hamblen County, Tennessee

Military service

Service number
34987519
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
110th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
20 December 1944
Place of death
Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
G 12 23

Immediate family

Members
French H. Claiborne (father)
Sarrah M. (Ellison) Claiborne (mother)
Anna B. Claiborne (wife)

More information

Pvt French E. Claiborne enlisted on 11 April 1944 at Camp Shelby, Mississippi.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Family Trees / Headstone and Interment Record, www.etvma.org

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.ancestry.com - Charles and Pamela Campbell Family Tree