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Personal info

Full name
PROBY, Clyde Vance
Date of birth
1 june 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Winchester, Franklin County, Tennessee
Hometown
Cowan, Franklin County, Tennessee

Military service

Service number
O2005505
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
K Company,
3rd Battalion,
119th Infantry Regiment,
30th Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
4 April 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Lemgo, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
L 17 1

Immediate family

Members
John T. Proby (father)
Flossie B. (Williams) Proby (mother)
Hugh Proby (brother)
Lena M. Proby (sister)
John T. Proby (brother)
William W. Proby (brother)
Emma L. Proby (sister)
Nora E. (Smith) Proby (wife)

More information

2nd Lt Clyde V. Proby was a sales clerk before he enlisted at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia on 12 July 1941.

On the photo, Lt Proby is being presented with the Silver Star Medal by the commanding general of his division, Maj Gen Leland S. Hobbs.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record,
www.oldhickory30th.com, www.ancestry.com - Family Tree / U.S. Headstone and Interment Records / Alabama County Marriage Records / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet / The Macon Telegraph - 29 March 1945