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The “Remembering Shared Honor” (RSH) project sets out to collect and preserve oral histories related to Chinese and American cooperation during the Second World War in the China-Burma-India(CBI) theater of war.
This historical archive has a total of 7,073 entries.
Burial At Sea
A burial at sea for PFC Clorala Willard (this name is correct, not name on photo), of the 308th Bomb Group, 425th Bomb Squadron, on March 2, 1943 on the way back to the US after serving in the CBI.
Military serial#: 38208265
Enlisted: July 11, 1942 in Little Rock Arkansas
Military branch: Branch Immaterial Warrant Officers, Usa
Rank: Private, Selectees (enlisted Men)
Terms of enlistment: 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
Education
Grammar School
BORN around 1918
SOURCE National Archives: WWII Enlistment Records: 1938 - 1946
LOCATION Shelby County, Tennessee
CLORALA WILLARD - Shelby, TN (SGT) WWII
WILLARD CLORALA SGT 7-Mar-43 Manila American Cemetery
ASN:
38208265
U.S. Army Air Forces, 425th Bomber Squadron, 308th Bomber Group, Heavy
Died: Sunday, March 07, 1943
Memorialized at: Manila American Cemetery
Location: Fort Bonifacio, Manila, Philippines
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Military serial#: 38208265…
Military serial#: 38208265
Enlisted: July 11, 1942 in Little Rock Arkansas
Military branch: Branch Immaterial Warrant Officers, Usa
Rank: Private, Selectees (enlisted Men)
Terms of enlistment: 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
Education
Grammar School
BORN around 1918
SOURCE National Archives: WWII Enlistment Records: 1938 - 1946
LOCATION Shelby County, Tennessee
CLORALA WILLARD - Shelby, TN (SGT) WWII
WILLARD CLORALA SGT 7-Mar-43 Manila American Cemetery
ASN:
38208265
U.S. Army Air Forces, 425th Bomber Squadron, 308th Bomber Group, Heavy
Died: Sunday, March 07, 1943
Memorialized at: Manila American Cemetery
Location: Fort Bonifacio, Manila, Philippines
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