Pvt John Lee Clayton was born abt 1921/2 in Kansas. The family had moved to Sebastian Co. by about 1923. John was the son of Archie and Ollie Hutchinson Clayton. Pvt. Clayton's Civil Occupation was Semiskilled miners, and mining-machine operators. On 2 Jul 1942 at Huntington, Sebatian Co., At. he was married to Helen Maloney age 16. On 12 Nov 1942 John Lee Clayton enlistment in the army at Little Rock, Ar. He was assigned to the 4th Engineer Combat Battalion. July 9, 1944 Pvt. Clayton was listed as KIA. He is buried or memorialized at Plot F Row 12 Grave 7, Normandy American Cemetery, Colleville-sur-Mer, France.