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Personal info

Full name
NEWSOME, Cleon P
Date of birth
25 September 1920
Age
23
Place of birth
Avera, Jefferson County, Georgia
Hometown
Avera, Jefferson County, Georgia

Military service

Service number
34447888
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
157th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
23 September 1944
Place of death
Derbamont, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 29 39

Immediate family

Members
Ellis A. Newsome (father)
Annie (Padgett) Newsome (mother)
Evelyn Newsome (sister)
Risden Newsome (brother)
Louise M. Newsome (sister)

More information

Cpl Cleon P. Newsome worked on a farm before he enlisted in Fort McPherson Atlanta, Georgia on 17 October 1942.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Saint-Juan, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Coll Las Family Tree, http://www.45thdivision.org
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy