Pvt Company "A" 1st Bn., 1st Marine Div., Fleet Marine Force, U. S. Marine Corps
Killed In Action, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, 14 September 1942
Compiled by Linda Cunningham Fluharty.
Photo from WW2 Collection, Pleasants County WVGenWeb.
CLAUDE GAY CHILDERS, born 13 December 1924, in Horseneck, Pleasants County, W.Va., was the son of Sherman Cleveland Childers and Bessie Cornell. The family is found in the 1930 and 1940 census records of Pleasants County, W.Va.
1930 Census, Jefferson District, Pleasants County, W.Va.
#103
Sherman C. Childers, Head, 50, Driller Oil Field, b. W.Va.
Bessie Childers, Wife, 35, b. W.Va.
Glenard Childers, Son, 11, b. W.Va.
Delmar Childers, Son, 9, b. W.Va.
Marie Childers, Daughter, 7, b. W.Va.
Claude Childers, Son, 6, b. W.Va.
Wylie Childers, Son, 4, b. W.Va.1940 Census, Jefferson District, Pleasants County, W.Va.
#127
Sherman C. Childers, Head, 60, Coal Business Operator, b. W.Va.
Bessie Childers, Wife, 45, Housekeeper, b. W.Va.
Glen C. Childers, Son, 21, Truck Driver Haul Coal, b. W.Va.
Delmar Childers, Son, 20, b. W.Va.
Marie M. Childers, Daughter, 17, b. W.Va.
Claud G. Childers, Son, 16, b. W.Va.
Wylie E. Childers, Son, 14, b. W.Va.
Lost at Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands; remains unrecovered.
Memorialized at Tablets of the Missing at Manila American Cemetery, Philippines.
