Hugh Patrick MCCLAIN

1917 - 1943  (26 years)

• Name	Hugh Patrick MCCLAIN
  Born	19 Oct 1917  [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Military	(ENLISTED 1939)  [1, 3]
  	ACMM, US Navy, WW II, Pacific Theater (USS Kenmore, Lexington, Enterprise, Russell DD-414)
  Census	1920	Clendenin, Kanawha Co, WV
  Census	1930	Bufflick Creek, Big Sandy District, Kanawha Co, WV
  Residence	Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV   [3, 4]
  Died	6 Dec 1943	Eureka, Humboldt Co, CA   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  	Cause: automobile accident
  Buried	Mt. Lebanon Baptist Cemetery, Kincheloe Rd, Benson, Harrison Co, WV   [1, 5]
  Person ID	I81912	Doddridge County Roots
  Last Modified	2 Sep 2019

  
  

  Father	Willard Hector MCCLAIN,   b. 7 Jun 1895, Benson, Harrison Co, WV ,   d. 11 Jul 1933, Kanawha Co, WV  (Age 38 years)
  Mother	Gertrude Ann MERTZ,   b. 28 Feb 1890, Lewis Co, WV ,   d. 21 Jul 1965, Zeising (now Spelter), Harrison Co, WV  (Age 75 years)
  Family ID	F35017	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  USS_Russell_Destroyer_DD-414_Labeled.bmp

  
  

  Documents

  81912_MCCLAIN_HughPatrick_NotificationOfDeath_WestUnionHerald_9Dec1943.jpg

  
  

• Sources

  [S2669] U.S. Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1963 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com, Office of Quartermaster General, and National Archives & Records Administration). [S2624] Military Grave Marker. [S2582] West Virginia Veterans Memorial Archives Database, (http://www.wvculture.org/history/wvmemory/wvvetmem.html). [S14] Obituary. [S2247] Cemeteries of Union District, Harrison County, WV, (Harrison County Genealogical Society, Clarksburg, WV (1990)).