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Personal info

Full name
MESSINGER, Clayton Roy
Date of birth
21 November 1923
Age
20
Place of birth
Upper Mount Bethel Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Bangor, Northampton County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33620923
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
157th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
31 October 1944
Place of death
Derbamont, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 9 72

Immediate family

Members
Alvin Messinger (father)
Stella Messinger (mother)
Charles R. Messinger (brother)
Paul I. Messinger (brother)
Ray A. Messinger (brother)
Helen D. Messinger (sister)

More information

Pfc Clayton R. Messinger worked on a farm before he enlisted in Allentown, Pennsylvania on 23 March 1943.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Pennsylvania Veteran Compensation Application Files / 1930 Census / 1940 Census, http://www.45thdivision.org
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy, Homefront magazine, December 1944