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Personal info

Full name
CORUM, Clyde Rector
Date of birth
12 October 1910
Age
34
Place of birth
Union County, Tennessee
Hometown
Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee

Military service

Service number
34988638
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
101st Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
14 January 1945
Place of death
Near Bavigne, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 1 22

Immediate family

Members
Jerry T. Corum (father)
Sarah L. (Wallace) Corum (mother)
Albert Corum (brother)
Luther R. Corum (brother)
Willis E. Corum (brother)
Nelle I. Corum (sister)
Bertha Corum (sister)
Kenneth D. Corum (brother)
Edgebert S. Corum (brother)
Curtis M. Corum (brother)
Arbutus M. (Waggoner) Corum (wife)

More information

Pfc Clyde R. Corum was employed at the Ragland Bros & Co before he enlisted at Camp Shelby, Mississippi on 25 April 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Wood Family created by Tommy Wood / 1920 Census, www.findagrave.com, www.fold3.com - 26th Infantry Division
Photo source: Peter Schouteten