William Clyde George was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, son of Charles and Anna E. George. He entered the service at Fort Oglethorpe in Georgia where he trained and received further training at Camp Green in Charlotte, North Carolina. He sailed to Europe May 15, arriving on August 25. He died at the age of 31 of Typhoid Fever on July 11 at the Evacuation Hospital 27 at Coblenz in Germany. He was buried at Forrest Hill Cemetery in 1920.
- Rank: Captain
- Date of birth: 3 September 1886
- Date of death: 11 July 1919
- County: Hamilton
- Hometown: Chattanooga
- Service Branch: Army
- Division/Assignment: Headquarters Motorized 4th Battalion Ammunition Train
- Theater: Europe
- Conflict: World War I
- Battles: Marne, Vesla, St. Mihiel, Argonne
- Burial/Memorial Location: Forest Hills Cemetery Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee
- Location In Memorial: Pillar III, Top Panel
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