Lewis Clyson Elroy

Monuments

First Division - Butgenbach (Bullingen)

Name:

Clyson Elroy Lewis

Rank:

Private

Serial Number:

31471974

Unit:

18th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division

Date of Death:

1945-01-18

State:

Maine

Cemetery:

Highland Cemetery, Edgecomb, Maine

Plot:

Row:

Grave:

Decoration:

Purple Heart

Comments:

Clyson Elroy Lewis was born on July 30, 1921 in Boothbay Harbor, Lincoln County, Maine. He was the son of Gordon Eldred Lewis and Jessie E. Hart Lewis. He enlisted in the Army on June 27, 1944 at Fort Devens, Massachusetts. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed as a Machinist and also as Married. Clyson served as a Private, Company C, 18th Infantry, 1st Infantry Division, U.S. Army during World War II. He resided in Lincoln County, Maine prior to the war. He was Killed in Action on January 18, 1945 in the Battle of the Bulge in Belgium, at the age of 32 and is now buried in Highland Cemetery, Edgecomb, Lincoln County, Maine, USA.
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