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Personal info

Full name
OWENS, Claude Calvin "Fuzzy"
Date of birth
23 December 1920
Age
23
Place of birth
Alabama
Hometown
Evansville, Vanderburgh County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
35163295
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Rifleman
Unit
1st Battalion,
333rd Infantry Regiment,
84th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
30 November 1944
Place of death
Beeck, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
L 12 9

Immediate family

Members
Otto J. Owens (father)
Margaret (Conley) Owens (mother)
James F. Owens (brother)
William I. Owens (brother)
Charles I. Owens (brother)
Harry L. Owens (brother)
Esther A. (Wooley) Owens (wife)
Claude R. Owens (son)

More information

Pfc Claude C. Owens enlisted at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana on 2 July 1941.

Source of information: Wendy Lensink, www.ancestry.com - U.S. Census Records, 1940 / Indiana, U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 / Dustin-Owens Family Tree / 84th Infantry Division “Railsplitters” Unit History, http://www.lonesentry.com

Photo source: Wendy Lensink