Crisp County GaArchives Military Records.....COLEMAN, PFC WILLIAM CLAYTON 
WWII U.S. ARMY
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CRISP BOY DIES OF WOUNDS IN FRANCE
 PFC WILLIAM CLAYTON COLEMAN,19, DIED OF WOUNDS RECEIVED IN ACTION ON JULY 5,IN
FRANCE ,THE WAR DEPT. HAS NOTIFIED HIS MOTHER ,MRS L.C. COLEMAN OF CORDELE.
 PFC COLEMAN ENTERED SERVICE LAST AUGUST AFTER COMPLETING HIGH SCHOOL AT ARABI. HE
RECEIVED HIS BASIC TRAINING AT CAMP GRUBER, OKLAHOMA,AND WENT OVERSEAS IN MAY. HE
WAS SERVING IN THE INFANTRY, AND WAS IN THE INVASION OF FRANCE. PFC COLEMAN WAS
MARRIED LAST FEBRUARY TO MISS DOROTHY LUPO,WHO HAS MADE HER HOME IN MACON,SINCE HER
HUSBAND HAS BEEN OVERSEAS ,HOLDING A POSITION THERE. HER LAST LETTER FOM HIM WAS
RECEIVED TWO WEEKS AGO.
 THE NATURE OF PFC COLEMAN'S WOUNDS WAS NOT DISCLOSED.
 TRAINING IN THE SAME COMPANY AT CAMP GRUBER ITH PFC COLEMAN WAS ANOTHER CORDELE BOY
WHO WAS OVERSEAS IN THE SAME OUTFIT,PFC ROBERT H. THOMPSON JR.,WHO IS NOW FIGHTING
IN THE FOX HOLES OF FRANCE ACCORDING TO A RECENT COMMUNICATION.
 PFC COLEMAN HAS MADE HIS SUPREME SACRIFICE. HE WILL EVER BE MISSED IN HIS HOMETOWN
AND COMMUNITY, BUT MOST OF ALL IN HIS FAMILY
CIRCLE.

Additional Comments:
A CRISP GOLDEN BOY

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