Clyde Angel was the son of Gaines Claude Angel and Rebecca Estep.
117th Infantry Regiment, Company A, 1st Battalion.
He served in the European Theater, Normandy and Northern France.
The Elizabethton Star, 6 February 1948
Sgt. Clyde T. Angel, who was 27 at the time of his death, was killed in the battle of St. Lo, France on July 30, 1944. Sgt Anel was a member of the Tennessee National Guard, 117th Infantry, Company A, which he joined in 1940. He received his training at Fort Jackson, South Carolia, Camp Blanding, Florida, and Columbus, Ga. Sgt. Angel went overseas in February, 1944. He was awarded the Good Conduct medal, and Purple Heart. He received his education in Elizabethton city school and the Hunter School, and was a former employee of the cafeteria at American Bemberg Corporation. He was the son of the late Gaines Angel who died in 1939.
Survivors are his mother, Mrs. Rebecca Angel, Elizabethton; one sister, Mrs. Gladys Angel Nave, Elizabethton; one brother, Roy Angel, Erwin; one nephew, Folsom Angel, U.S. Army; one niece, Mrs. Ralph Johnson, Elizabethton.
- Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Date of birth: 15 July 1917
- Date of death: 30 July 1944
- County: Carter
- Hometown: Elizabethton
- Service Branch: Army/Army Air Forces
- Division/Assignment: 117th Infantry Regiment, 30th Infantry Division
- Theater: Europe
- Conflict: World War II
- Battles: St. Lo
- Awards: Good Conduct medal, Purple Heart
- Burial/Memorial Location: Highland Cemetery, Elizabethton, TN
- Location In Memorial: Pillar VIII, Top Panel
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