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Personal info

Full name
PENNINGTON, Conley Clinton
Date of birth
4 November 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Konnarock, Smyth County, Virginia
Hometown
Konnarock, Smyth County, Virginia

Military service

Service number
33131890
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
101st Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
9 January 1945
Place of death
Near Wiltz, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
B 2 25

Immediate family

Members
Henry A. Pennington (father)
Zora M. (Trivett) Pennington (mother)
Dulcie J. Pennington (sister)
General L. Pennington (brother)
Carley K. Pennington (brother)
Harley C. Pennington (brother)
Elsie M. Pennington (sister)
Wordie E. Pennington (brother)
Averson Pennington (brother)

More information

S/Sgt Conley C. Pennington attended Konnarock Virginia High School and was a carpenter before he enlisted at Camp Lee, Virginia on 7 February 1942.

He died by small arms fire in his lung.

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 / Coates family Tree / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.fold3.com - 26th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - Sarah C
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery / Sarah C