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Personal info

Full name
YOKLEY, Claude Lee
Date of birth
21 February 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Franklin, Williamson County, Tennessee
Hometown
Grundy County, Tennessee

Military service

Service number
34493330
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
357th Infantry Regiment,
90th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
29 October 1944
Place of death
Denting, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 19 15

Immediate family

Members
Hubert L. Yorkley (father)
Betty M. (Taylor) Yokley (mother)
Buford R. Yokley (brother)
Kenneth E. Yokley (brother)
Hazel M. Yokley (sister)
Jerry Yokley (brother)
Raymond Yokley (brother)

More information

Pfc Claude L. Yokley was a lumberman before he enlisted at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia on 15 November 1942.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, 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 / Gipson Family Tree, www.findagrave.com – Carolyn Blue

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