Mrs. Annie L. Denton has received word of the death of her son, Claude Ballentine Denton, Seaman 1/c. He was reported killed in action; the date of his death was not stated.
S. 1/c Denton was born in Marne [Cass Co.], and educated at Harlan [Shelby Co.]. He would have been 37 years old on Dec. 17.
Besides his mother, he is survived by one sister, Mrs. Alrena Chapp, who is with the U. S. O. in Detroit, Mich.
Source: The Council Bluffs Nonpareil, Council Bluffs, Iowa, Wednesday, November 03, 1943 (photo included)
Hold Memorial for C. B. Denton
Approximately 60 people attended the memorial service conducted by Dr. C. Carson Bransby, for Claude B. Denton, seaman 1/c, at the home of his mother, Mrs. Anna L. Denton, 3426 High street, on Sunday. Seaman Denton was killed in action somewhere in south Pacific area. His mother received word of his death on Oct. 30.
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Mrs. Arlene D. Chapp, who was called here to attend memorial services for her brother, Claude B. Denton, seaman 1/c, killed in action in the south Pacific area, returned to work in Detroit on Tuesday morning. Mrs. Chapp is a USO program director in Detroit.
Source: The Council Bluffs Nonpareil, Council Bluffs, Iowa, Thursday, November 09, 1943, Page 6
Denton Awarded Purple Heart
Mother to Receive Posthumous Reward
Mrs. Annie L. Denton, 1426 High street, has been notified by the war department that her son, Claude Balletine Denton, seaman first class, has been posthumously awarded the purple heart.
Seaman Denton was reported killed in action on Oct. 27, 1943, somewhere in the south Pacific.
Born in Marney and educated in Harlan, he would have been 37 years old Dec. 17, 1943.
Source: The Council Bluffs Nonpareil, Council Bluffs, Iowa, Sunday, June 11, 1944, Page 3 (photo included)
Body of Bluffs Sailor Returned
Transport Schwenk Docks in California
The body of Seaman 1/c Claude Ballentine Denton, 36, son of Mrs. Anna L. Denton, 1426 High street, and 21 other southwest Iowans arrived in San Francisco, Calif., Sunday aboard the army transport Walter W. Schwenk. Denton was killed in action off Guadalcanal on Oct. 27, 1943, when his ship, the destroyer Conny, was bombed by Japanese aircraft.
Seaman Denton, who was employed as a railroad welder here prior to his entrance into the navy in October, 1942, was a native of Harlan. The family has lived in Council Bluffs for 20 years. A sister, Mrs. Arlene Chapp, is a Waukegan, Ill., teacher.
Cutler’s mortuary will be in charge of funeral arrangements when the body is returned to Council Bluffs from the Kansas City quartermaster depot.
72 Iowa Dead.
Seventy-two Iowans were included in the shipment of more than 3,000 bodies of Americans who died in Pacific island fighting. This is the largest group of war dead to be returned from the Pacific.
Nine of the 12 southwest Iowans were marines, the other three navy men.
Source: The Council Bluffs Nonpareil, Council Bluffs, Iowa, Sunday, March 21, 1948 Page 3
Funerals
Claude B. Denton
Funeral services for S1/c Claude B. Denton, 36, killed in action off Guadalcanal on Oct. 27, 1943, will be held Saturday at 10 a. m. in Cutler’s chapel. The Rev. C. Carson Bransby will officiate.
Burial will be in Evergreen cemetery at Anita.
Denton was a welder for the Rock Island railroad before entering the navy. He is survived by his mother, Mrs. Anna L. Denton of Council Bluffs and a sister, Mrs. Arlene Chapp of Waukegan, Ill.
Source: The Council Bluffs Nonpareil, Council Bluffs, Iowa, Wednesday, April 14, 1948, Page 11
