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Personal info

Full name
ROTHELL, Claude Jr
Date of birth
1 July 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Jefferson, Jackson County, Georgia
Hometown
Saluda, Saluda County, South Carolina

Military service

Service number
O-537451
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
48th Armored Infantry Battalion,
7th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
14 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Marengo, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
K 42 26

Immediate family

Members
Claude Rothell Sr. (father)
Annie R. (Bacon) Rothell (mother)
Fred B. Rothell (brother)
Jack Rothell (brother)
Margaret (Coleman) Rothell (wife)

More information

2nd Lt Claude Rothell Jr. graduated from Saluda High School where he starred as full back for the local team. He was graduated from Clemson College in 1943 where he was a member of the Clemson Tigers Football Team.

He enlisted at Fort Jackson, South Carolina on 3 August 1943 and was sent to the Officers Candidate School at Fort Benning where he completed his training in December 1943. He was sent overseas in April 1944.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1910/1920/1930 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947, https://www.7tharmddiv.org, www.newspapers.com - The Columbia Record - 12 October 1944 / The State - 12 October 1944

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Major M, https://soh.alumni.clemson.edu/scroll/claude-rothell-jr, www.ancestry.com - U.S. School Yearbooks, 1900-1999, South Carolina, Clemson, Clemson Agricultural College of South Carolina 1942