Date of birth:

October 31st, 1912

Date of death:

April 10th, 1996

Nationality:

American (1776 - present, Republic)

Clifton Olen Whitley, son of Mr. and Mrs. G.D. Whitley, attended the Roane School. He entered service in March 1941, and was trained at Camp Robert, California and Camp Lewis, Washington. Clifton Whitley landed in French Morocco on October 22nd, 1942, and participated in 5 assault boat landings in the European Theater of Operations. He was honorably discharge in October 1943.

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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Private 1st Class

Unit:

Company L, 7th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division "The Rock of the Marne", U.S. Army

Awarded on:

1943

Citational text:
"For outstanding bravery in action. In November 1942, in Morocco, Corporal Whitley, without regard for his own safety, made two trips and brought to safety the body of an enlisted man, and a wounded officer who was exposed to enemy fire."

For action which was performed on 10 November 1942, towards Casablanca near Point Oukacha in French Morocco.
Headquarters, 3rd Infantry Division, General Orders No. 14 (2 February 1943).
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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

• Photo 1: Ward Whitley
• - White, N.W., From Fedala to Berchtesgaden – A History of the Seventh United States Infantry in World War II, Keystone Print Inc., Brockton, Massachusetts, USA, 1947
  - Taggart, D.G., History of the Third Infantry Division in World War II, The Battery Press, Nashville, USA, 1987