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Personal info

Full name
CLAYTOR, Eugene Carlysle
Date of birth
2 October 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Glasgow, Rockbridge County, Virginia
Hometown
Glasgow, Rockbridge County, Virginia

Military service

Service number
33092059
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
601st Tank Destroyer Battalion
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 March 1945
Place of death
Rimschweiler, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
E 3 25

Immediate family

Members
Clarence L. Claytor (father)
Blanche L. (Hickman) Claytor (mother)
Eunice E. Claytor (sister)
Hazel C. CLaytor (sister)
Sherman E. CLaytor (brother)
Melvin C. Claytor (brother)
Talmage L. Claytor (brother)
Charles N. CLaytor (brother)
Glenn L. Claytor (brother)
Leon A. Claytor (brother)

More information

S/Sgt Eugene C. Claytor was employed at the Blue Ridge Rug Company before he enlisted in Roanoke, Virginia on 19 January 1942.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments.

His brother, Sherman E. Claytor, is buried next to him.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Terence Huffman Family Tree / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Cards, www.tankdestroyer.net, www.findagrave.com - Earl Woodford
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Nicole Leibrecht Gros / Randy