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Tomberlin Clarence H.

Name:
Clarence H. Tomberlin
Rank:
First Lieutenant
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Unit:
557th Quartermaster Raildhead Company
Date of Death:
1944-04-28
State:
Georgia
Cemetery:
Marietta National Cemetery, Georgia
Plot:
Section Q, Site 49-A
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Clarence H. Tomberlin was born on December 14, 1916 in Worth County, Georgia. He was the son of William W. Tomberlin and Minnie H. Tomberlin. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II as a First Lieutenant in the 557th Quartermaster Raildhead Company. He was killed during the Exercise Tiger--one of the large-scale rehearsals for the D-Day invasion of Normandy. This took place in April 1944 in Slapton Sands, Devon in the UK. An Allied naval convoy involved in the exercise was attacked by German submarines, and coordination and communication problems resulted in friendly fire deaths. At least 749 American servicemen were killed. Because of the impending invasion of Normandy, the incident was highly classified and the full story did not come out until years later after the war. He died on April 28, 1944 at the age of 27 and is now buried in Marietta National Cemetery, Marietta, Cobb County, Georgia, USA.