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Personal info

Full name
CLUTTS, Jim
Date of birth
10 April 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Athens, Limestone County, Alabama
Hometown
Athens, Limestone County, Alabama

Military service

Service number
34335072
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Rifleman
Unit
F Company,
2nd Battalion,
318th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
26 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Zimming, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 10 59

Immediate family

Members
Edward E. Clutts (father)
Emma E. (Clark) Clutts (mother)
Kate L. Clutts (sister)
David W. Clutts (brother)
Edward Clutts (brother)
Nellie Clutts (sister)
Willis Clutts (brother)
Retha L. Clutts (sister)
Robert Clutts (brother)

More information

Pfc Jim Clutts worked on the family farm before he enlisted at Fort McClellan, Alabama on 21 July 1942.

In October he was discharged from the hospital, healed from wounds on his knee by artillery shell fragments in September.

He was killed by artillery shell and blast fragments at the side and the back of his body.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files / Paul Clutts Family Tree / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.80thdivision.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Tim Clutts