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Personal info

Full name
SIPLE, Clayton Leroy
Date of birth
4 February 1918
Age
27
Place of birth
Sanilac County, Michigan
Hometown
Grand Haven, Ottawa County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36168398
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
179th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Missing in Action
Date of death
4 January 1946
Place of death
Near Meisenthal, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Francis Siple (father)
Wilhelmine J. D. (Bowsky) Siple (mother)
Harold H. Siple (brother)
Fern A. Siple (sister)
Cecil Siple (brother)
Frank L. Siple (brother)
Eileen L. Siple (sister)
Kenneth P. Siple (brother)
Muriel E. Siple (sister)
Elmer V. Siple (brother)
Marguerite Siple (sister)
Nina V. (Fast) Siple (wife)

More information

Pfc Clayton L. Siple enlisted in Fort Custer, Michigan on 26 January 1942.

He was officially declared death one year and one day after he went missing and was presumed death. At that time his unit was fighting in the vicinity of Meisenthal, France. His remains were never recovered

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – Fleisher Hilliard Family Tree / Michigan Marriage Records / 1920/1930 Census, http://www.45thdivision.org
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Have Paws will travel, www.ancestry.com – Debbie Hilliard