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Personal info

Full name
O'NEAL, Clyde Lamont
Date of birth
16 October 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Flintstone Creek, Bedford County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Allegany County, Maryland

Military service

Service number
33551101
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
16th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
12 April 1945
Place of death
The Harz Mountains, east of Osterode Am Harz, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
J 6 7

Immediate family

Members
John T. O'Neal (father)
Nancy E. (Angel) O'Neal (mother)
Zella D. O'Neal (sister)
William H. O'Neal (brother)
Ethel J. O'Neal (sister)
Nevia P. O'Neal (sister)
John H. O'Neal (brother)
Lelia C. O'Neal (sister)
Salena E. O'Neal (sister)
Elmo M. O'Neal (brother)
Bertha E. O'Neal (sister)

More information

Pvt Clyde A. O'Neal enlisted in Baltimore, Maryland on 18 January 1943 and took his basic training at Atlantic City, New Jersey. He was later sent to Drew Field, Tampa in Florida. From Drew Field he went to De Ridder, Louisian, and then to Camp Livingston, Louisiana where he underwent six months training in the infantry. He was sent to Fort Meade in Maryland on 4 February 1945 leaving for overseas duty on 17 February. He landed in Belgium on 1 March 1945.

On the picture he poses with his sister Bertha.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – family trees, www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar, http://warchronicle.com, www.16thinfantry.com, www.newspapers.com - Bedford Gazette

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Stephen Lamont Messersmith, Hazel Kendall