Clancy Lyall

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{{Infobox military person
| name = Clarence Odell "Clancy" Lyall
| image = Clancy Lyall in Austria 1945.jpg
| caption = Clancy Lyall in unit photo taken in Zell am See, 1945
| rank = [[File:Army-USA-OR-08b.svg|25px]] [[Master Sergeant#United States|Master Sergeant]]
| unit = [[E Company, 506th Infantry Regiment (United States)|Easy Company]], 2nd [[Battalion]], [[506th Parachute Infantry Regiment]], [[101st Airborne Division]]
| nickname = Clancy
| birth_date = {{birth date|1925|10|14|mf=yes}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|2012|03|19|1925|10|14|mf=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Orange, Texas]], U.S.
| death_place = [[Leonardtown, Maryland]], U.S.
| placeofburial= Evergreen Memorial Gardens, [[Great Mills, Maryland]]
| placeofburial_label= Place of burial
| allegiance = {{USA}}
| branch = [[United States Army]]
| serviceyears = 1942-1959
| battles = [[World War II]]
* [[Operation Overlord|Battle of Normandy]]
* [[Operation Market Garden]]
* [[Battle of the Bulge]]
[[Korean War]]
* Suk Chon [[Battle of Yongju]]
* Munsan-ni
| awards =
*[[Bronze Star]]
*[[Purple Heart]]
*[[Good Conduct Medal (United States)#Army Good Conduct Medal|Army Good Conduct Medal]]
*[[American Campaign Medal]]
| relations = Isabel Lyall (2nd wife from 1971 to 2012)
Violet M Spence (1st wife from 1946 to 1971)

}}
'''Clarence Odell “Clancy” Lyall''' (October 14, 1925 - March 19, 2012) served with [[E Company, 506th Infantry Regiment (United States)|Easy Company]], 2nd [[Battalion]], [[506th Parachute Infantry Regiment]], in the [[101st Airborne Division]] of the [[United States Army#20th century|United States Army]] during [[World War II]]. This unit would be popularized in the mini-series [[Band of Brothers (TV miniseries)|Band of Brothers]] based on the book by the same name.

Clancy later served in the [[82nd Airborne Division]] in post-war Germany and in 187th Parachute Infantry Regimental Combat team &ndash; The [[Rakkasans]] &ndash; in the Korean War.<ref name="Van de Wal">{{cite web|url=http://www.bandofbrothers.uphero.com/interview%20clancy%20lyall/interview-clancy-lyall-engels1.html|title=Biographical webpages for Clancy Lyall |accessdate=2012-04-28|last =Van de Wal |first=Peter}}</ref><ref name="Brotherton, p.200">Brotherton, p.200.</ref> He also served in Indochina.

==Early years==
Clancy Lyall was born in [[Orange, Texas]].<ref name="Clancy Lyall Obituary">{{cite web|url=http://www.brinsfieldfuneral.com/obituaries/dsp_files/dsp_viewobit.cfm?obit_ID=4336|title=Clancy Lyall Obituary|accessdate=2012-04-28}}</ref> His father, Arthur Edward Lyall, who worked on ships transporting oil from the United States to Scotland, was a Scot.<ref name="Brotherton, p.24">Brotherton, p.24.</ref> His mother, Beulah,<ref name="Clancy Lyall Obituary"/> was a full-blooded Cherokee Indian from Oklahoma. His father met his mother on a trip to the US after wanting to see the native peoples in Oklahoma. They married and Beulah eventually moved to Orange Texas to set up a farm. Clancy was raised for a time with his maternal Grandfather on the reservation while the farm was being built. Once the farm was completed Clancy attended a one-room school and worked on his parents' 120 acre farm in Orange until they moved to Pennsylvania in 1939.<ref name="Brotherton, p.24">Brotherton, p.24.</ref> In the summers he would also cross the Sabine river to work in Louisiana, earning some money by picking spanish moss for use as mattress batting. Clancy also hunted cougar to bring in extra money for the family.

==Military service==

===World War II===
Clancy enlisted in the Army in November 1942<ref>{{cite web|url=http://menofeasycompany.com/home/index.php?page_id=31|title=Men of Easy Company: Who is who - Clancy Lyall}}</ref> at [[Fort Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania]]. He received basic training at [[Camp Blanding]], Florida. He then moved to [[Fort Benning]] for Paratrooper training. Clancy shipped overseas to England later in 1943 where he was assigned as an instructor for A Stage of the Airborne School at Chilton-Foliat.<ref name="Brotherton, p.66">Brotherton, p.66.</ref><ref name="Williams">{{cite web|url=http://www.ww2airborne.net/clancy/clancymain_us.html|title=Official Homepage of WWII E-Co and Korean War Veteran Clancy Lyall|accessdate=2012-04-28|last =Williams |first=Filip}}</ref> In March 1944 he was transferred to Headquarters Company, Second Battalion, 506 PIR, heavy weapons platoon.<ref name="Brotherton, p.106">Brotherton, p.106.</ref>

He jumped into [[Normandy]] on June 6, 1944 as part of the Airborne component of [[Operation Overlord]]. He landed near [[Sainte-Mère-Église]], 2–3 miles from his intended drop zone and fought with the B company, 508th PIR, 82nd Airborne, for the first few days before making his way back to the 506th. On June 13 he was bayoneted in the stomach<ref name="Brotherton, p.117-18">Brotherton, p.117-18.</ref> while fighting in [[Carentan]], [[France]], and was evacuated to England for recovery. In [[Shifty Powers]]' biography, while recounting this incident, Clancy is described as, "a goodhearted farm boy from Texas."<ref name="Brotherton, "Shifty's War", p.92">Brotherton, ''Shifty's War'', p.92.</ref>

In August he was officially transferred to E company, Second Battalion,506th PIR. A fellow soldier and author of his own World War II experiences, [[David Kenyon Webster]] also took note of Clancy and described him as, "very young, likable, and chatty."<ref name="Webster, p.72">Webster, p.72.</ref> Webster also recorded their Platoon Sergeant [[Floyd Talbert]]'s view of Clancy as, "a bright and eager younger brother who....would turn into a great soldier."<ref name="Webster, p.72">Webster, p.72.</ref> Introduced with Clancy was Mike Massaconi, who Clancy . In September 1944, Clancy jumped in the daring but doomed [[Operation Market Garden]] in [[Holland]]. He was wounded in the leg in fighting there in October.<ref name="Brotherton, p.137">Brotherton, p.137.</ref> Clancy recovered from his wound and returned to his unit now located at [[Mourmelon]], France. In December they were moved to the front in Belgium and fought in [[Bastogne]], [[Belgium]] into January 1945. During the fighting there he was wounded a third time.

[[File:Easy506pir.jpg|thumb|right|Easy Company, 506 PIR [[Zell am See]], Austria. June, 1945.]]

He took part in the fighting at [[Hagenau]], in Alsace. In Germany they liberated a [...] concentration camp at [[Landsberg am Lech|Landsberg]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10006152|title=Holocaust Encyclopedia:101st Airborne}}</ref> near [[Memmingen]], Bavaria.<ref name="Williams"/><ref name="Leibe, p. A-12">Leibe, p. A-12.</ref> He remained with Easy company in Austria through the end of the war. He was among those who took [[Berchtesgaden]] and [[Kehlsteinhaus|[...]'s Eagle's Nest]] in the closing days of World War II and was with the 506th in [[Zell am See]]. He reenlisted in 1945.<ref name="NARA">[http://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=893&mtch=2&cat=WR26&tf=F&q=Clarence+lyall&bc=sl&rpp=10&pg=1&rid=4259727&rlst=7014049,4259727 WWII Army Enlistment Records: on-line NARA Archival Database]</ref> He was transferred to the 82nd Airborne in Frankfurt, Germany.

On January 12, 1946, he marched in the Victory Parade in New York City.<ref name="Williams"/> He married his first wife Violet that same year.<ref name="Brotherton, p.200">Brotherton, p. 200.</ref> He was stationed in Germany while the [[Nuremberg Trials]] took place. He provided a stamp book he had found in Berchtesgaden, which listed names of those who joined the [...] party, to the judges there.<ref name="Brotherton, p.195-6">Brotherton, p.195-6.</ref>

In 1949, he received [[Recondo]] training, which ultimately included six weeks of Commando training in the UK.<ref name="Brotherton, p.200">Brotherton, p.200.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ww2airborne.net/clancy/clancymain_us.html|title=Official Homepage of WWII E-Co and Korean War Veteran Clancy Lyall|accessdate=2012-04-28|last=Williams|first=Filip}}</ref>

===Korean War===
In 1950 Clancy was assigned to the 187th Parachute Infantry Regimental Combat Team. Serving in the [[Korean War]], he made two combat jumps&mdash;one at Suk chon in October 1950, and one at Musan-ni in March 1951.<ref name="Brotherton, p.200">Brotherton, p.200.</ref><ref name="Williams"/> The primary purpose of the Suk chon jump was to intercept retreating North Korean forces and free American POWs.

===Indo-China===
In March 1954, Clancy saw first hand the unfolding of the siege of the French Foreign Legion in the [[Battle of Dien Bien Phu]]. He was assigned as an adviser and intelligence gatherer for the French forces positioned there.<ref name="Ambrose, p.299-300">Ambrose, p.299-300.</ref> He evaded the closing ring of Việt Minh besiegers, escaping a few weeks before the French fortifications fell in May of the same year.<ref name="Van de Wal"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scribd.com/doc/86356925/2012-03-22-The-County-Times|title=Local War Hero Clancy Lyall Dies|publisher=The County Times|date=2012-03-22|accessdate=2012-04-29|last=Leonard |first=Guy }}</ref> Clancy's escape culminated under the cover of darkness with a painfully slow belly crawl across the flood plain which took him down to the banks of the Nam Yum River. The several hundred yard crawl took a few hours to complete. The current of the river carried Lyall silently downstream to his freedom.

In 1955, Clancy was reassigned back to E Company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division at Ft. Campbell, Kentucky.

Clancy retired from the service in 1959 after an injury from a training jump.<ref name="Brotherton, p.200">Brotherton, p.200.</ref> He had made four combat jumps in two wars.

==Later years==

After leaving the service, Clancy initially worked for a carpet firm.<ref name="Leibe, p. A-12">Leibe, p. A-12.</ref> He moved to Florida where he worked for Carvel Ice Cream as a marketing director.<ref name="Brotherton, p.200">Brotherton, p.200.</ref> He remarried in 1971. He eventually moved to [[Lexington Park, Maryland]]. Clancy had six children, nine grandchildren and one great grandchild.<ref name="Clancy Lyall Obituary"/>

He continued to be very active in the service to his community and to fellow veterans. Among numerous positions he held, he was VFW Commander Post 2632, American Legion Vice Commander, Lions Club President, President of Veterans of the Battle of the Bulge, and member of Southern Maryland Veterans Advisory Board.<ref name="Van de Wal"/><ref name="Clancy Lyall Obituary"/>

In 2005, Clancy was recognized as Native American by a chief of the Cherokee Nation and given the name "Silver Eagle."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thebaynet.com/news/index.cfm/fa/viewvideonews/story_ID/655 |title=Cherokee Nation recognition of Clancy Lyall,2005}}</ref>

In 2008, he traveled to Kuwait with several other fellow E/506 veterans in coordination with Valor Studios and the [[USO]] to show their appreciation for the US troops serving there.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.valorstudios.com/Kuwait_visit.htm|title=Valor Studios, Inc.|accessdate=2012-04-28}}</ref>

He died in the morning of March 19, 2012, at age 86 at St. Mary's Hospital in [[Leonardtown, Maryland]].<ref name="Clancy Lyall Obituary"/> He was buried at Evergreen Memorial Gardens in [[Great Mills, Maryland]] on March 24, 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=87157631 |title=Find A Grave:Clancy Lyall}}</ref>

[[File:Forrest Guth, Clancy Lyall and Amos “Buck” Taylor 117380.jpg|thumb|right|Forrest Guth, Clancy Lyall and Amos Taylor in Kuwait, 2008.]]

==Awards and decorations==
His list of authorized medals and decorations are:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.frankdeangelis.com/Master%20Sergeant%20Clancy%20Lyall.htm|title=Clancy Lyall’s Shadow box| accessdate=2012-04-23| last=DeAngelis | first=Frank}}</ref>

{|
|[[File:Combat Infantry Badge.svg|106px]]&nbsp;&nbsp;[[Combat Infantryman Badge]]
|}
{|
|[[File:US Army Airborne master parachutist badge.gif|60px]]&nbsp;&nbsp;Master [[Parachutist Badge (United States)|Parachutist Badge]] with arrow device and four jump stars
|}
{|
||{{Ribbon devices|number=1|type=Valor|number=1|type=oak|ribbon=Bronze Star ribbon.svg|width=60}}
|[[Bronze Star Medal|Bronze Star]] with one "V" for Valor device and one [[Oak Leaf Cluster]]
|}
{|
||{{ribbon devices|number=2|type=oak|ribbon=Purple Heart BAR.svg|width=60}}
|[[Purple Heart Medal|Purple Heart]] with two [[Oak Leaf Cluster]]s
|}
{|
|[[File:Joint Service Commendation ribbon.svg|60px]]&nbsp;&nbsp; Joint Service [[Commendation Medal]]
|}
{|
|[[File:Army Good Conduct ribbon.svg|60px]]&nbsp;&nbsp;[[Good Conduct Medal (United States)|Good Conduct Medal]] with bronze clasp with three loops
|}
{|
|{{ribbon devices|number=0|type=oak|ribbon=American Defense Service ribbon.svg|width=60}}
|[[American Defense Service Medal]]
|}
{|
|[[File:American Campaign Medal ribbon.svg|60px]]&nbsp;&nbsp;[[American Campaign Medal]]
|}
{|
|{{Ribbon devices|number=4|type=service-star|other_device=arrowhead|ribbon=European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_ribbon.svg|width=60}} [[European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal]] with arrow device (airborne assault) and four [[service stars|campaign stars]]
|}
{|
|[[File:World War II Victory Medal ribbon.svg|60px]]&nbsp;&nbsp;[[World War II Victory Medal]]
|}
{|
|[[File:Army of Occupation ribbon.svg|60px]]&nbsp;&nbsp;[[Army of Occupation Medal]]
|}
{|
|[[File:Croix de guerre 1939-1945 with palm.jpg|60px]]&nbsp;&nbsp;[[Croix de guerre]] with palm
|}
{|
|{{ribbon devices|number=0|type=oak|ribbon=Oorlogskruis with Palm.jpg|width=60}} &nbsp;&nbsp;[[War Cross (Belgium)]] with palm
|}
{|
|[[File:National Defense Service Medal ribbon.svg|60px]]
|[[National Defense Service Medal]]
|}
{|
|{{Ribbon devices|number=2|type=service-star|ribbon=KSMRib.svg|width=60}}&nbsp;&nbsp;[[Korean Service Medal]] with two service stars
|}
{|
|[[File:Korea Defense Service ribbon.svg|60px]]&nbsp;&nbsp;[[Korea Defense Service Medal]]
|}
{|
|[[File:United Nations Service Medal for Korea Ribbon.svg|60px]]&nbsp;&nbsp;[[United Nations Korea Medal]]
|}
{|
|{{Ribbon devices|number=1|type=service-star|ribbon=Vietnam_Service_Ribbon.svg|width=60}}&nbsp;[[Vietnam Service Medal]] with one service star
|}
{|
|{{ribbon devices|number=0|type=oak|ribbon=B Commed 40-45.jpg|width=60}}
|[[Commemorative Medal of the War 1940-1945|Belgian WWII Service Medal]]
|}
{|
|{{Ribbon devices|number=1|type=oak|ribbon=Presidential_Unit_Citation_ribbon.svg|width=60}}
|[[Presidential Unit Citation (US)|Presidential Unit Citation]] with one Oak Leaf Cluster
|}
{|
|[[File:Meritorious Unit Commendation ribbon.svg|60px]]&nbsp;&nbsp; Army [[Meritorious Unit Commendation]]
|}
{|
|[[File:Presidential Unit Citation (Korea).svg|60px]]&nbsp;&nbsp;[[Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation]]
|}
{|
Battle of the Bulge Commemorative Medal: Bastogne
|}
{|
WWII French Normandy Commemorative Medal
|}
{|
|[[File:French Liberation Medal ribbon.png|60px]]&nbsp;&nbsp;[[French Liberation Medal]]
|}
{|
Dutch Commemorative War Cross
|}
{|
WWII 50th Anniversary of Austrian Liberation Commemorative Medal
|}
{|
World War II 60th Anniversary Medal
|}

==Military Unit Insignia==

{|
|[[File:101AirborneDivCSIB.jpg|75px]] [[101st Airborne Division (United States)|101st Airborne Division]] [[shoulder sleeve insignia]]
|}
{|
|[[File:506 patch.jpeg|75px]] [[506th Parachute Infantry Regiment]] [[shoulder sleeve insignia]]
|}
{|
|[[File:187th RCT.jpg|75px]] Shoulder patch for the 187th Infantry Regiment (obsolete)
|}
{|
|[[File:82nd WWI insignia.jpg|75px]] [[82nd Airborne Division]] [[shoulder sleeve insignia]]
|}
{|
|[[File:RangerTab TIoH.gif|75px]] [[Ranger tab]]
|}
{|
|[[File:First Allied Airborne Army.svg|75px]] [[First Allied Airborne Army]]
|}
{|
|[[File:US Army Special Forces SSI.png|75px]] [[US Army Special Forces SSI]]
|}

==References==

{{Reflist|colwidth=30em}}
{{Portal|Biography|United States Army|World War II}}

==Works Cited==
*{{cite book
|title=Band of Brothers: Easy Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to [...]'s Eagle's Nest
|first=Stephen E. |last=Ambrose
|publisher=Simon & Schuster
|year=1992
|isbn=9780743464116
}}
*{{cite book
|title=We Who Are Alive and Remain: Untold Stories from The Band of Brothers
|first=Marcus |last=Brotherton
|publisher=Berkley Caliber
|year=2009
|isbn=0743464117
}}
*{{cite book
|title=Shifty's War: The Authorized Biography of Sergeant Darrell 'Shifty' Powers, the Legendary Sharpshooter from the Band of Brothers
|first=Marcus |last=Brotherton
|publisher=Berkley Caliber
|year=2011
|isbn=9780425240977
|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=7LTDyQNdViUC
}}
*{{cite news
| first=Paul C.
| last=Leibe
| title=Four Southern Maryland veterans look back at World War II
| page=A-12
| date=9 November 2007
| newspaper=''The Enterprise''
| location = St. Mary's County Maryland
}}
*{{cite web
|first=Guy
|last=Leonard
|title=Local War Hero Clancy Lyall Dies
|publisher=The County Times
|date=2012-03-22
|url=http://www.scribd.com/doc/86356925/2012-03-22-The-County-Times
|accessdate=2012-04-29
}}
*{{Cite Web
|first= Peter
|last=Van de Wal
|title=Clancy Lyall Interview
|title=Biographical webpages for Clancy Lyall
|url=http://www.bandofbrothers.uphero.com/interview%20clancy%20lyall/interview-clancy-lyall-engels1.html
|accessdate=2012-04-28
}}
*{{cite book
|title=Parachute Infantry: An American Paratrooper's Memoir of D-Day and the Fall of the Third Reich
|first=David K. |last=Webster
|publisher=Simon & Schuster
|year=2001 (posthumously)
|isbn=0743216458
}}
*{{cite web
|first=Filip
|last =Williams
|url=http://www.ww2airborne.net/clancy/clancymain_us.html|title=Official Homepage of WWII E-Co and Korean War Veteran Clancy Lyall|accessdate=2012-04-28
}}

==External links==
*[http://www.bandofbrothers.uphero.com/interview%20clancy%20lyall/interview-clancy-lyall-engels1.html Peter Van de Wal's Biographical webpages for Clancy Lyall]
*[http://www.ww2airborne.net/clancy/clancymain_us.html Official Homepage of WWII E-Co and Korean War Veteran Clancy Lyall]
*[http://menofeasycompany.com/home/index.php?page_id=31 Men of Easy Company: Who is who - Clancy Lyall]
*[http://silvereagle-bandofbrothers.blogspot.com Silver Eagle Blog for Official Biography of Clancy Lyall]
*[http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CREC-2004-11-16/pdf/CREC-2004-11-16-pt1-PgE2006-2.pdf Congressional Record November 16, 2004: Tribute to Clancy Lyall]
* [http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CREC-2012-03-29/pdf/CREC-2012-03-29-pt1-PgE481-2.pdf Congressional Record March 29, 2012: Remembering MSG Clarence O. Lyall]
* [http://www.somdnews.com/article/20120323/NEWS/703239797/1044/lyall-brought-legacy-of-military-service-to-parades-and-posterity ''Southern Maryland News'': "Lyall Brought Legacy of Military Service to Parades and Posterity" ]
* [http://www.usairborne.be/Biographie/bio_us_lyall.htm CLARENCE "CLANCY" LYALL short biography ]
* [http://www.brinsfieldfuneral.com/obituaries/dsp_files/dsp_viewobit.cfm?obit_ID=4336 Clancy Lyall Obituary retrieved 2012-04-28 ]
* [http://www.scribd.com/doc/86356925/2012-03-22-The-County-Times ''The County Times'': "Local War Hero Clancy Lyall Dies"]
* [http://www.normandy1944.info/index.html Autobiographical entry on D-Day, Normandy and beyond website]
* [http://www.marcusbrotherton.com/2012/03/in-tribute-to-clarence-clancy-lyall.html Marcus Brotherton Tribute to Clancy Lyall]
* [http://www.army.mil/article/39960/ ''WWW.ARMY.MIL'' "WWII vet recognizes his unit's esprit de corps in basic training graduates"]
* [http://www.thebaynet.com/News/index.cfm/fa/viewStory/story_ID/26795/comment_categoryID/26795:News/comment/Y ''The Baynet.com'' "WW II Veteran, Parade Organizer Passes Away" ]
* [http://lancasteronline.com/article/local/336062_Remembering-[...]-Winters.html ''Lancaster Online'' "Remembering [...] Winters: WWII hero dies at 92"]
* [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=pv&GRid=87157631 "Find A Grave:Clancy Lyall" ]
* [http://www.thebaynet.com/news/index.cfm/fa/viewvideonews/story_ID/655 "Cherokee Nation recognition of Clancy Lyall, 2005"]
* [http://www.stevebakerfilms.com/the-lost-evidence/conditions-in-the-ardennes/ The Lost Evidence: The Battle of the Bulge -- Conditions in the Ardennes ]

==Additional Works==
*{{cite book
|title=In The Footsteps of the Band of Brothers: A Return to Easy Company's Battlefields with Sergeant Forrest Guth
|first=Larry |last=Alexander
|publisher=New American Library, A Penguin Group (NAL Calibre)
|year=2010
|isbn=9780451229915
}}
*{{cite book
|title= The Rakkasans: The Combat History of the 187th Airborne Infantry
|first=LT. Gen. E.M. |last=Flanagan Jr., USA (Ret.
|publisher=Presidio
|year=1997
|isbn=0891416048
}}
*{{cite book
|title=Silver Eagle: the official biography of "Band of Brothers" veteran Clancy Lyall
|first=Ronald |last=Ooms
|publisher=Pneuma Springs Publishing
|year=2013
|isbn=1782282645
}}

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| NAME = Lyall, Clancy
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES =
| SHORT DESCRIPTION = American military personnel
| DATE OF BIRTH = October 14, 1925
| PLACE OF BIRTH = [[Orange, Texas]], U.S.
| DATE OF DEATH = March 19, 2012
| PLACE OF DEATH = [[Leonardtown, Maryland]], U.S.
}}
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[[Category:2012 deaths]]
[[Category:American military personnel of World War II]]
[[Category:People from Orange, Texas]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Bronze Star Medal]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Purple Heart medal]]
[[Category:United States Army soldiers]]