Person Record
Metadata
Name |
Clauss, James Nicholas |
Born |
08/22/1916 |
Deceased |
02/031943 |
Father |
Nicholas J. Clauss (1888-1958) |
Mother |
Mary J. (Norris) Clauss (1887-1958) |
Occupation |
Sgt. Clauss served in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II. On January 17, 1943 a U.S. Army cargo plane left Accra, Africa en route to Natal, Brazil with a crew of six men, seven U.S. Army personnel (including Sgt. Clauss) and 13 members of the British Royal Air Force. The plane crashed in the Atlantic before it reached Brazil. Bodies of two men were recovered, but the other men, including Sgt. Clauss, were not found. |
Education |
James Nicholas Clauss graduated in 1934 from Washington High School in Washington, Indiana. |
Notes |
The information for this entry was taken from Find a Grave, www.findagrave.com/james-n-clauss. |
Othernames |
Sgt. James Nicholas Clauss |
Relationships |
Siblings: Dorothy M. (Clauss) Walford (1914-1986), Harold J. Clauss (1919-1976), Margaret Cecelia (Clauss) Gootee (1920-1986), Robert Leon Clauss (1922-1990), Loretta J. (Clauss) Rego (1925-1999) |
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