Sandefur Felix Clifton

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Felix Clifton Sandefur is honored on the following 2 monument(s) in our database:

La Lande Information Board

Bill Tucker Monument - 505th PIR

Name:

Felix Clifton Sandefur

Rank:

Sergeant

Serial Number:

14081091

Unit:

505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne

Date of Death:

1944-06-06

State:

Mississippi

Cemetery:

Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial, Colleville-sur-Mer, Departement du Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France

Plot:

Row:

Grave:

Decoration:

Purple Heart

Comments:

Felix Clifton �Sandy� Sandefur was born on May 16, 1917, in Mississippi. He was the son of Felix Clifton Sandefur and Ruth Harman Sandefur. He was the husband of Mary Pearce Shonhor Sandefur.

Felix served in Company I, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, as a Sergeant during World War II. He was Killed in Action on June 6, 1944, while advancing toward a German machinegun position on the road to Grainville, France. Sgt Sandefur is now buried in the Normandy American Cemetery and was awarded the Purple Heart.