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PFC Clifford Miles Armstrong Sr.

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PFC Clifford Miles Armstrong Sr. Veteran

Birth
Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina, USA
Death
3 Nov 1944 (aged 20)
Nederweert Municipality, Limburg, Netherlands
Burial
Tallahassee, Leon County, Florida, USA Add to Map
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PFC. Armstrong, Clifford Miles

Service number: 34788317


Age: 20

Born: March 24, 1924, Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina, USA

Hometown: Tallahassee, Florida

Family:

Lonnie A. Armstrong (father)

Lora Myrtle (nee Baker) Armstrong (mother)

Wilbur Armstrong (brother)

Margaret (nee Hines) Armstrong/Osweiler Wife)

Clifford Armstrong Jr. (son)


Rank: Private First Class

Function: Rifleman

Battalion: 38th Armored Infantry Battalion

Division: 7th Armored Division

Company: A

Date of death: November 3, 1944

Status: Died Of Wounds

Place of death: Nederweert Municipality, Limburg, Netherlands

Spot: 48th Field Hospital, near Winnerstraat,4 miles from Nederweert, Netherlands

Awards:

★ Purple Heart

★ Combat Infantryman Badge

★ Marksmanship Badge

★ World War II Victory Medal

★ American Campaign Medal

★ Army Good Conduct Medal

★ European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign


Grave number:

Cemetery: Oakland Cemetery

Tallahassee, Leon County, Florida, USA


Date of enlistment: Reported for duty on June 24, 1943 at Camp Blanding, Florida .Trained at Camp Howe, Texas, and Camp Haan, California.

Other information:

According to our records Florida was his home or enlistment state and Leon County included within the archival record. We have Tallahassee listed as the city.

He was wounded in action on November 3, 1944 near Nederweert in the Netherlands and soon died at the 48th Field Hospital in France. Reports vary whether he died on November 3 or 4 in 1944. It was the same day that his son Clifford was born back home in Florida.

PFC. Armstrong, Clifford Miles

Service number: 34788317


Age: 20

Born: March 24, 1924, Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina, USA

Hometown: Tallahassee, Florida

Family:

Lonnie A. Armstrong (father)

Lora Myrtle (nee Baker) Armstrong (mother)

Wilbur Armstrong (brother)

Margaret (nee Hines) Armstrong/Osweiler Wife)

Clifford Armstrong Jr. (son)


Rank: Private First Class

Function: Rifleman

Battalion: 38th Armored Infantry Battalion

Division: 7th Armored Division

Company: A

Date of death: November 3, 1944

Status: Died Of Wounds

Place of death: Nederweert Municipality, Limburg, Netherlands

Spot: 48th Field Hospital, near Winnerstraat,4 miles from Nederweert, Netherlands

Awards:

★ Purple Heart

★ Combat Infantryman Badge

★ Marksmanship Badge

★ World War II Victory Medal

★ American Campaign Medal

★ Army Good Conduct Medal

★ European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign


Grave number:

Cemetery: Oakland Cemetery

Tallahassee, Leon County, Florida, USA


Date of enlistment: Reported for duty on June 24, 1943 at Camp Blanding, Florida .Trained at Camp Howe, Texas, and Camp Haan, California.

Other information:

According to our records Florida was his home or enlistment state and Leon County included within the archival record. We have Tallahassee listed as the city.

He was wounded in action on November 3, 1944 near Nederweert in the Netherlands and soon died at the 48th Field Hospital in France. Reports vary whether he died on November 3 or 4 in 1944. It was the same day that his son Clifford was born back home in Florida.




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