THE BILLINGS GAZETTE, BILLINGS, MONTANA, THURSDAY, JULY 8, 1943, PAGE THREE
LOCAL CORPORAL DIED IN AFRICA
C.E. CARD WAS IN AIR CORPS
Corporal Clarence E. Card, 22, army air corps, died in North Africa from injuries sustained in an accident June 2, according to word received by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lyman Card, 201 South Twenty-sixth street. A detailed account will follow, the war department's wire said.
Corporal Card was born October 17, 1920, in Billings. He attended the Billings high school and later was in CCC camps in Thompson Falls and St. Regis. Prior to his enlistment Jan. 19, 1942, he was employed as an auto mechanic here.
Following his basic training at Hamilton Field, Cal., Corporal Card was sent to England and then to North Africa, where he served six months prior to his death.
Surviving besides the parents are four brothers, Ellsworth Card and William Card, both in California; Floyd Card of Lovell, Wyo., and Howard Card, 714 Avenue B, and one sister, Mrs. Fay Chilcott of Butte.
THE BILLINGS GAZETTE, BILLINGS, MONTANA, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1949, PAGE TWO
SHIP RETURNS BODIES TO U.S.
CLARENCE E. CARD AMONG THOSE LISTED
The body of Corporal Clarence E. Card, son of Mrs. Eva Card of 727 Terry avenue, is one of 12 Montana and five Wyoming servicemen's bodies being returned to the United States for burial from the Mediterranean area on the army transport Corporal Eric. G. Gibson.
The transport is returning a total of 5,205 Americans who lost their lives during World War II and were buried in temporary military cemeteries in Italy and North Africa. (article amended to include this soldier's information only)
Submitted by: Eric Ackerman
LOCAL CORPORAL DIED IN AFRICA
C.E. CARD WAS IN AIR CORPS
Corporal Clarence E. Card, 22, army air corps, died in North Africa from injuries sustained in an accident June 2, according to word received by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lyman Card, 201 South Twenty-sixth street. A detailed account will follow, the war department's wire said.
Corporal Card was born October 17, 1920, in Billings. He attended the Billings high school and later was in CCC camps in Thompson Falls and St. Regis. Prior to his enlistment Jan. 19, 1942, he was employed as an auto mechanic here.
Following his basic training at Hamilton Field, Cal., Corporal Card was sent to England and then to North Africa, where he served six months prior to his death.
Surviving besides the parents are four brothers, Ellsworth Card and William Card, both in California; Floyd Card of Lovell, Wyo., and Howard Card, 714 Avenue B, and one sister, Mrs. Fay Chilcott of Butte.
THE BILLINGS GAZETTE, BILLINGS, MONTANA, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1949, PAGE TWO
SHIP RETURNS BODIES TO U.S.
CLARENCE E. CARD AMONG THOSE LISTED
The body of Corporal Clarence E. Card, son of Mrs. Eva Card of 727 Terry avenue, is one of 12 Montana and five Wyoming servicemen's bodies being returned to the United States for burial from the Mediterranean area on the army transport Corporal Eric. G. Gibson.
The transport is returning a total of 5,205 Americans who lost their lives during World War II and were buried in temporary military cemeteries in Italy and North Africa. (article amended to include this soldier's information only)
Submitted by: Eric Ackerman
THE BILLINGS GAZETTE, BILLINGS, MONTANA, THURSDAY, JULY 8, 1943, PAGE THREE
LOCAL CORPORAL DIED IN AFRICA
C.E. CARD WAS IN AIR CORPS
Corporal Clarence E. Card, 22, army air corps, died in North Africa from injuries sustained in an accident June 2, according to word received by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lyman Card, 201 South Twenty-sixth street. A detailed account will follow, the war department's wire said.
Corporal Card was born October 17, 1920, in Billings. He attended the Billings high school and later was in CCC camps in Thompson Falls and St. Regis. Prior to his enlistment Jan. 19, 1942, he was employed as an auto mechanic here.
Following his basic training at Hamilton Field, Cal., Corporal Card was sent to England and then to North Africa, where he served six months prior to his death.
Surviving besides the parents are four brothers, Ellsworth Card and William Card, both in California; Floyd Card of Lovell, Wyo., and Howard Card, 714 Avenue B, and one sister, Mrs. Fay Chilcott of Butte.
THE BILLINGS GAZETTE, BILLINGS, MONTANA, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1949, PAGE TWO
SHIP RETURNS BODIES TO U.S.
CLARENCE E. CARD AMONG THOSE LISTED
The body of Corporal Clarence E. Card, son of Mrs. Eva Card of 727 Terry avenue, is one of 12 Montana and five Wyoming servicemen's bodies being returned to the United States for burial from the Mediterranean area on the army transport Corporal Eric. G. Gibson.
The transport is returning a total of 5,205 Americans who lost their lives during World War II and were buried in temporary military cemeteries in Italy and North Africa. (article amended to include this soldier's information only)
Submitted by: Eric Ackerman
LOCAL CORPORAL DIED IN AFRICA
C.E. CARD WAS IN AIR CORPS
Corporal Clarence E. Card, 22, army air corps, died in North Africa from injuries sustained in an accident June 2, according to word received by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lyman Card, 201 South Twenty-sixth street. A detailed account will follow, the war department's wire said.
Corporal Card was born October 17, 1920, in Billings. He attended the Billings high school and later was in CCC camps in Thompson Falls and St. Regis. Prior to his enlistment Jan. 19, 1942, he was employed as an auto mechanic here.
Following his basic training at Hamilton Field, Cal., Corporal Card was sent to England and then to North Africa, where he served six months prior to his death.
Surviving besides the parents are four brothers, Ellsworth Card and William Card, both in California; Floyd Card of Lovell, Wyo., and Howard Card, 714 Avenue B, and one sister, Mrs. Fay Chilcott of Butte.
THE BILLINGS GAZETTE, BILLINGS, MONTANA, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1949, PAGE TWO
SHIP RETURNS BODIES TO U.S.
CLARENCE E. CARD AMONG THOSE LISTED
The body of Corporal Clarence E. Card, son of Mrs. Eva Card of 727 Terry avenue, is one of 12 Montana and five Wyoming servicemen's bodies being returned to the United States for burial from the Mediterranean area on the army transport Corporal Eric. G. Gibson.
The transport is returning a total of 5,205 Americans who lost their lives during World War II and were buried in temporary military cemeteries in Italy and North Africa. (article amended to include this soldier's information only)
Submitted by: Eric Ackerman
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