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Personal info

Full name
PITTS, Clifford Haywood
Date of birth
24 July 1908
Age
36
Place of birth
Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee
Hometown
District 9, Knox County, Tennessee

Military service

Service number
34375882
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
14th Tank Battalion,
9th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 December 1944
Place of death
Behind Hotel du Moulin
Ligneuville, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
H 11 65

Immediate family

Members
James P. Pitts (father)
Susie E. Pitts (mother)
Marion Pitts (brother)
Salva Pitts (sister)
Kimble Pitts (brother)
Jesse Pitts (brother)
Minnie Pitts (sister)
Betty Pitts (sister)
Sabia Pitts (sister)

More information

Pvt Clifford Pitts enlisted on 7 October 1942 at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.

Together with seven of his comrades, he was executed by members of Kampfgruppe Peiper of the 1st SS Panzer Division, Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler. They were all shot in the head. A monument, right next to the hotel, commemorates them.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record,
www.ancestry.com - 1920/1930 Census, www.strijdbewijs.nl, WWII Draft Cards

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.strijdbewijs.nl