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Personal info

Full name
CLYBURN, L Gordon
Date of birth
21 October 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Bullard, Cherokee County, Texas
Hometown
Precinct 4, Cherokee County, Texas

Military service

Service number
39391487
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
329th Infantry Regiment,
83rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
29 December 1944
Place of death
Rocherfort, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
H 9 41

Immediate family

Members
George W. Clyburn (father)
Louise V. (Broyles) Clyburn (mother)
Opal M. Clyburn (sister)
Travis Clyburn (brother)
Nadine Clyburn (sister)
Barbara Clyburn (sister)
Dorothy Clyburn (sister)

More information

Pfc Clyburn enlisted in Sacramento, California on 10 July 1942. He joined his unit on 1 August 1944 and was wounded a first time on the 8th, for which he was awarded the Purple Heart Medal a first time.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, Carla Mans, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1940 Census

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com - Tyler, The Tyler-Courier Times 28 January 1945