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Personal info

Full name
CLAY, Willard Lockhart
Date of birth
5 December 1920
Age
23
Place of birth
Crumley, DeKalb County, Alabama
Hometown
Cleburne County, Alabama
Ethnicity
African American

Military service

Service number
34333465
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
26th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
22 November 1944
Place of death
Laufenberg, Hürtgen Forest, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
A 8 16

Immediate family

Members
Joel W. Clay (father)
Tennie M. (Crowe) Clay (mother)
Eula M. Clay (sister)
George Clay (brother)
Esta L.Clay (sister)
Maurice Clay (brother)
Harvey Clay (brother)
Ocie Clay (brother)
Walter Clay (brother)
Iva Clay (sister)
Morris Clay (brother)
Charlie Clay (brother)
Esther Clay (sister)
Ernie C. Clay (brother)
Lamar Clay (brother)

More information

Pfc Willard L. Clay was a farmer before he enlisted at Fort McClellan, Alabama on 6 July 1942.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Cavender Adams Clay Family Tree, http://home.scarlet.be/~sh446368/home.htm, www.fold3.com - U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, WWII Draft Cards

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Phillipet, Hannah Majewski - Valeri Clay Miller