Private Melvin Lee Clay 20814128, POW

Private Melvin Lee Clay 20814128, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Clay; He entered the US army on November 25, 1940 from the Texas National Guard at the time he was a Private. He sailed for the Pacific on November 21, 1941; he served with F Battery, 131st Field Artillery; 36th Infantry Division. He was member of "Lost Battalion;" captured by the Japaneses on Java on March 8, 1942; He was held in a POW camp in Burma he was liberated on September 5, 1945; he was awarded the Purple Heart Medal.

Private Melvin Lee Clay 20814128, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Clay; He entered the US army on November 25, 1940 from the Texas National Guard at the time he was a Private. He sailed for the Pacific on November 21, 1941; he served with F Battery, 131st Field Artillery; 36th Infantry Division. He was member of “Lost Battalion;” captured by the Japaneses on Java on March 8, 1942; He was held in a POW camp in Burma he was liberated on September 5, 1945; he was awarded the Purple Heart Medal, the Prisoner of War Medal, American Defense Medal, The American Theater of operations Medal, the Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medal (PTO), The Good Conduct Medal, and the World War Two Victory Medal. 

 

 

1- Service Book Jack County Texas  Second World War 1941 – 1945 

2- https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=2212&mtch=1&cat=all&tf=F&q=Melvin+L+Clay&bc=&rpp=10&pg=1&rid=5505

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4- https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=893&mtch=1&cat=all&tf=F&q=20814128&bc=&rpp=10&pg=1&rid=2070957