IN UNIFORM.
Pfc. Clyde L. Petty, son of Mr. and Mrs. Verne Carmody, 1201 Iowa street, is a member of an artillery unit with the 43d infantry division serving on Luzon in the Philippines. Pfc. Petty’s outfit has blasted the Japs from Guadalcanal, through New Georgia and New Guinea to the Philippines.
Source: The Sioux City Journal, February 2, 1945
IN UNIFORM.
PFC Clyde L. Petty, 1118 Iowa Street, has arrived at the Borden general hospital, Chickasha, Oklahoma, states a report from the hospital. PFC Petty was with the 43d division, 192d field artillery. He was inducted August 13, 1941, left for oversea October 1, 1942 and saw action at Luzon, Solomon Island, New Guinea and the Philippines. The report state he was not wounded but suffers hearing deficiency. Overseas 30 months he wears the Philippine liberation ribbon, Purple Heart and good conduct medal. He is the son of Mrs. Winifred Carmody and attended school at Castana, Iowa.
Source: The Sioux City Journal, September 18, 1945
Clyde Layton Petty was born Sept. 28, 1917 to Clarence C and Winifred T. Smothers Petty. He died Apr. 3, 1984 and is buried in Grandview Cemetery, Quimby, IA.
Source: ancestry.com
