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Clarence Yukon Posey

Seaman, First Class
U.S. Naval Reserves

Assigned to the
USS West Virginia BB-48
Supporting the Invasion of Okinawa

Killed in Action (KIA)
April 1, 1945, after a kamikaze plane struck the port
side of the USS West Virginia BB-48
His remains were recovered and he was buried at sea.

Next-of-Kin Notified:
Mother, Mrs. Garrison Posey
Rt. 1, Haleyville Alabama

Awards:

Bronze Star

Purple Heart

American Campaign
Service Medal

Asiatic-Pacific
Campaign Medal

World War II
Victory Medal

S1C Clarence Posey is believed to have entered the U.S. Naval Reserves from Alabama
and his loss is Recorded on
the American Battle Monuments Commission website and the
US Navy World War II State Summary of War Casualties,
State of Alabama, Page 11.
His name is engraved on the
Tablets of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial in Honolulu, Hawaii