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Personal info

Full name
HOWINGTON, Claude S
Date of birth
14 June 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
Scott County, Virginia
Hometown
DeKalb, Scott County, Virginia

Military service

Service number
33046859
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
30 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Pounoy-la-Chétive and Sillegny, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
A 31 42

Immediate family

Members
Joseph M. Howington (father)
Mollie E.( Dockery) Howington (mother)
Vesta L. Howington (sister)
Della B. Howington (sister)
Lela E. Howington (sister)
Ray Howington (brother)
Delsia Howington (sister)
Cora Howington (sister)
Clinton Howington (brother)
Helen B. Howington (wife)

More information

Pfc. Claude S. Howington enlisted in Roanoke, Virginia on 17 April 1941.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of St. James, France.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1930 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil 1942-1949 / Virginia Birth Index, www.findagrave.com, A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Thomas Welsch