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Pvt. Claude Powell
Aug. 23, 1927 – Sep. 12, 1944
Big Creek Cem.
Mrs. Effie Cagle
Powell of Belltown has received a telegram stating
that her son, Pvt. Claude Powell, was killed in action on Sep. 12 in France. He had been in service since Feb.
1943. He is survived by his mother who
is deaf and dumb and one sister Mrs. Reed Sloan of Belltown.
The body of Pvt. Claude Powell, of
near Madisonville, who was killed in Italy on Sep. 12, 1944, arrived at Kyker Funeral Home at 3 p.m. Monday. Funeral services
were held Tuesday afternoon at Big
Creek Baptist
Church, the Rev. John
Stakely officiating. Burial was in the
church cemetery. Surviving are his
mother, Mrs. Effie Powell; a sister, Mrs. Reed Sloan, Madisonville; two brothers, Lloyd of
Knoxville and James of New York.
PVT Claude
Powell
ID: 34722126
Branch of Service: U.S.
Army
Hometown: Monroe County, TN
Status: KIA
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Name:
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Claude Powell
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Birth Year:
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1924
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Race:
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White, Citizen (White)
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Nativity State or Country:
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Tennessee
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State of Residence:
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Tennessee
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County or
City:
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Monroe
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Enlistment
Date:
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16 Feb 1943
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Enlistment State:
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Georgia
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Enlistment City:
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Fort
Oglethorpe
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Branch:
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Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
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Branch Code:
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Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
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Grade:
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Private
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Grade Code:
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Private
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Term of
Enlistment:
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Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency,
plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise
according to law
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Component:
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Selectees (Enlisted Men)
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Source:
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Civil Life
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Education:
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Grammar school
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Civil
Occupation:
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General farmers
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Marital Status:
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Single, with dependents
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Height:
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68
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Weight:
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138
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Researcher and Designer
Joy Locke & Joe Irons
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