WWII

Clifton Willie Donaldson

Rate / Rank
T Sergeant

Birthdate
September 14 1915

Date of Death
July 12 1944

Branch
US Army

Active Duty Service
1935 - July 12 1944

Conflicts & Campaigns

Joined US Army in 1935 and served five years in Hawaii. Returned to Grady County and joined the National Guard.

Significant Duty Stations

Activated on September 16, 1940, National Guard, Thomasville, Georgia. His brother, Thomas, was a member of the same National Guard unit and was activated on the same date.
121st Infantry Regiment (The Gray Bonnett Regiment), 8th Infantry Division

Decorations & Citations

Purple Heart; American Defense Medal; European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal

Notes

US Army serial number 20-403-174. Brother of Private Thomas William Donaldson US Army. Killed in France on 12 July 1944. Burial: Pierce Chapel Cemetery, Grady County, Georgia.