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Personal info

Full name
MCCLURE, John Clarence
Date of birth
31 August 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Memphis, Hall County, Texas
Hometown
Hall County, Texas

Military service

Service number
O-763260
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
Pilot
Unit
506th Fighter Squadron,
404th Fighter Group
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 November 1944
Place of death
2 miles west of Strassbourg, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 34 52

Immediate family

Members
John C. McClure (father)
Thelma B. (Gravley) McCLure (mother)
Russell McClure (brother)
Royce McClure (brother)
Billilee (Reagan) McClure (wife)

More information

2nd Lt John C. McClure graduated from Memphis High School and attended Texas Tech University. He was employed by the Honolulu Oil Company in the geological department.

He enlisted on 22 April 1941 in the Regular Army in Dallas, Texas and was sent overseas in September 1944.

Lt McClure was lost over enemy territory on a ferry flight over France, due to poor navigation. His last known location was 2 miles west of Strassbourg.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, www.fold3.com, http://www.americanairmuseum.com/aircraft/20463
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy, The Men and Women of WWII from Hall County - courstey of B. Jeffries