PVT
Charles L Clayton
Aged 19, fallen January 7, 1945
- Unit
- Headquarters Detachment, 2nd Battalion, 232nd Infantry Regiment
- Serial number
- 35841271
- Hometown
- Greene, Indiana
- Date of death
- January 7, 1945
- Classification
- Killed in action
- Burial
- Fairview Cemetery, Part 6 Row 3, Linton, Indiana
Private Charles L Clayton, serial number 35841271, of Greene, Indiana, served with the Headquarters Detachment of the 2nd Battalion, 232nd Infantry Regiment in the 42nd Infantry Division, the Rainbow Division. He was killed in action on January 7, 1945, at the age of 19. He is buried at Fairview Cemetery, Part 6 Row 3, Linton, Indiana.
Further reading: The 42nd “Rainbow” Division Was Not at the Battle of the Bulge.
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