8-18-2021 information below from graver:
https://www.findagrave.com/user/profile/49842853
He is buried in Clemons Cemetery in Boones Mill, Virginia. You're correct, what ancestry says is Fainey, is actually Family. Now, I don't actually have any other information proving he is buried in Clemons cemetery, other than it most likely says family and there's a Clemons Cemetery in Boones Mill.
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In a newspaper article Sunday, April 09, 1944 Richmond, Virginia, Richmond Times Dispatch, Page: 17, it is mentioned that he was wounded and was the son of Mrs. Clara E. Clemons.
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CO I, 504th Para Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division
Cainie drowned during the crossing the Waal River [probably after being wounded by German fire] about 2 km west of the Waal Bridge a canvas boat.
The Netherlands on the Waal River. He will be forever honored in Nijmegen on the new bridge called "The Crossing". A light will be lit each evening for each of the 48 men who died crossing the Waal River September 20, 1944.
He was repatriated in 1949.
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Note: Headstone application on Ancestry has year of birth as 1920.
U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans
Name: Cainie J Clemons
Birth Date: 14 Dec 1920
Death Date: 20 Sep 1944
Cemetery: Fainey but think it means he is buried with family.
Cemetery Location: Boones Mill, Virginia
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ARMY SERIAL NUMBER 33216013
NAME CLEMONS#CAINIE#J########
RESIDENCE: STATE VIRGINIA
RESIDENCE: COUNTY FRANKLIN
PLACE OF ENLISTMENT ROANOKE, VIRGINIA
DATE OF ENLISTMENT DAY 31
DATE OF ENLISTMENT MONTH 10
DATE OF ENLISTMENT YEAR 42
GRADE: ALPHA DESIGNATION Private
SOURCE OF ARMY PERSONNEL Civil Life
NATIVITY VIRGINIA
YEAR OF BIRTH 21
EDUCATION Grammar school
CIVILIAN OCCUPATION Semiskilled welders and flame cutters
Parents:
Clifton Dalton Clemons
1901 – 1987
Clara Elizabeth Harden
1905 – 1993
Siblings:
Buford Davis Clemons
1923 – 1978
Reginald S Clemons
1925 – 1985
Lucille (Clemons) Malatras
Marie (Clemons) Compton
Mary (Clemons) Salem
Half sibling:
Male - Name unknown as he is supposedly still living.
https://www.findagrave.com/user/profile/49842853
He is buried in Clemons Cemetery in Boones Mill, Virginia. You're correct, what ancestry says is Fainey, is actually Family. Now, I don't actually have any other information proving he is buried in Clemons cemetery, other than it most likely says family and there's a Clemons Cemetery in Boones Mill.
**************
In a newspaper article Sunday, April 09, 1944 Richmond, Virginia, Richmond Times Dispatch, Page: 17, it is mentioned that he was wounded and was the son of Mrs. Clara E. Clemons.
******
CO I, 504th Para Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division
Cainie drowned during the crossing the Waal River [probably after being wounded by German fire] about 2 km west of the Waal Bridge a canvas boat.
The Netherlands on the Waal River. He will be forever honored in Nijmegen on the new bridge called "The Crossing". A light will be lit each evening for each of the 48 men who died crossing the Waal River September 20, 1944.
He was repatriated in 1949.
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Note: Headstone application on Ancestry has year of birth as 1920.
U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans
Name: Cainie J Clemons
Birth Date: 14 Dec 1920
Death Date: 20 Sep 1944
Cemetery: Fainey but think it means he is buried with family.
Cemetery Location: Boones Mill, Virginia
*************************************************
ARMY SERIAL NUMBER 33216013
NAME CLEMONS#CAINIE#J########
RESIDENCE: STATE VIRGINIA
RESIDENCE: COUNTY FRANKLIN
PLACE OF ENLISTMENT ROANOKE, VIRGINIA
DATE OF ENLISTMENT DAY 31
DATE OF ENLISTMENT MONTH 10
DATE OF ENLISTMENT YEAR 42
GRADE: ALPHA DESIGNATION Private
SOURCE OF ARMY PERSONNEL Civil Life
NATIVITY VIRGINIA
YEAR OF BIRTH 21
EDUCATION Grammar school
CIVILIAN OCCUPATION Semiskilled welders and flame cutters
Parents:
Clifton Dalton Clemons
1901 – 1987
Clara Elizabeth Harden
1905 – 1993
Siblings:
Buford Davis Clemons
1923 – 1978
Reginald S Clemons
1925 – 1985
Lucille (Clemons) Malatras
Marie (Clemons) Compton
Mary (Clemons) Salem
Half sibling:
Male - Name unknown as he is supposedly still living.
8-18-2021 information below from graver:
https://www.findagrave.com/user/profile/49842853
He is buried in Clemons Cemetery in Boones Mill, Virginia. You're correct, what ancestry says is Fainey, is actually Family. Now, I don't actually have any other information proving he is buried in Clemons cemetery, other than it most likely says family and there's a Clemons Cemetery in Boones Mill.
**************
In a newspaper article Sunday, April 09, 1944 Richmond, Virginia, Richmond Times Dispatch, Page: 17, it is mentioned that he was wounded and was the son of Mrs. Clara E. Clemons.
******
CO I, 504th Para Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division
Cainie drowned during the crossing the Waal River [probably after being wounded by German fire] about 2 km west of the Waal Bridge a canvas boat.
The Netherlands on the Waal River. He will be forever honored in Nijmegen on the new bridge called "The Crossing". A light will be lit each evening for each of the 48 men who died crossing the Waal River September 20, 1944.
He was repatriated in 1949.
***************************************
Note: Headstone application on Ancestry has year of birth as 1920.
U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans
Name: Cainie J Clemons
Birth Date: 14 Dec 1920
Death Date: 20 Sep 1944
Cemetery: Fainey but think it means he is buried with family.
Cemetery Location: Boones Mill, Virginia
*************************************************
ARMY SERIAL NUMBER 33216013
NAME CLEMONS#CAINIE#J########
RESIDENCE: STATE VIRGINIA
RESIDENCE: COUNTY FRANKLIN
PLACE OF ENLISTMENT ROANOKE, VIRGINIA
DATE OF ENLISTMENT DAY 31
DATE OF ENLISTMENT MONTH 10
DATE OF ENLISTMENT YEAR 42
GRADE: ALPHA DESIGNATION Private
SOURCE OF ARMY PERSONNEL Civil Life
NATIVITY VIRGINIA
YEAR OF BIRTH 21
EDUCATION Grammar school
CIVILIAN OCCUPATION Semiskilled welders and flame cutters
Parents:
Clifton Dalton Clemons
1901 – 1987
Clara Elizabeth Harden
1905 – 1993
Siblings:
Buford Davis Clemons
1923 – 1978
Reginald S Clemons
1925 – 1985
Lucille (Clemons) Malatras
Marie (Clemons) Compton
Mary (Clemons) Salem
Half sibling:
Male - Name unknown as he is supposedly still living.
https://www.findagrave.com/user/profile/49842853
He is buried in Clemons Cemetery in Boones Mill, Virginia. You're correct, what ancestry says is Fainey, is actually Family. Now, I don't actually have any other information proving he is buried in Clemons cemetery, other than it most likely says family and there's a Clemons Cemetery in Boones Mill.
**************
In a newspaper article Sunday, April 09, 1944 Richmond, Virginia, Richmond Times Dispatch, Page: 17, it is mentioned that he was wounded and was the son of Mrs. Clara E. Clemons.
******
CO I, 504th Para Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division
Cainie drowned during the crossing the Waal River [probably after being wounded by German fire] about 2 km west of the Waal Bridge a canvas boat.
The Netherlands on the Waal River. He will be forever honored in Nijmegen on the new bridge called "The Crossing". A light will be lit each evening for each of the 48 men who died crossing the Waal River September 20, 1944.
He was repatriated in 1949.
***************************************
Note: Headstone application on Ancestry has year of birth as 1920.
U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans
Name: Cainie J Clemons
Birth Date: 14 Dec 1920
Death Date: 20 Sep 1944
Cemetery: Fainey but think it means he is buried with family.
Cemetery Location: Boones Mill, Virginia
*************************************************
ARMY SERIAL NUMBER 33216013
NAME CLEMONS#CAINIE#J########
RESIDENCE: STATE VIRGINIA
RESIDENCE: COUNTY FRANKLIN
PLACE OF ENLISTMENT ROANOKE, VIRGINIA
DATE OF ENLISTMENT DAY 31
DATE OF ENLISTMENT MONTH 10
DATE OF ENLISTMENT YEAR 42
GRADE: ALPHA DESIGNATION Private
SOURCE OF ARMY PERSONNEL Civil Life
NATIVITY VIRGINIA
YEAR OF BIRTH 21
EDUCATION Grammar school
CIVILIAN OCCUPATION Semiskilled welders and flame cutters
Parents:
Clifton Dalton Clemons
1901 – 1987
Clara Elizabeth Harden
1905 – 1993
Siblings:
Buford Davis Clemons
1923 – 1978
Reginald S Clemons
1925 – 1985
Lucille (Clemons) Malatras
Marie (Clemons) Compton
Mary (Clemons) Salem
Half sibling:
Male - Name unknown as he is supposedly still living.
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According to the Headstone Application record, he is buried with family. Hillcrest Cemetery where his father is buried has no record of him. He is probably with some other family member whose burial locations are unknown.
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