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Research in Other Countries => United States of America => US Lookup Requests => Topic started by: Trek06 on Wednesday 21 October 20 08:31 BST (UK)
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Hello,
My name is Justine, I'm French, I am 11 years old and I take care with my dad of the grave of the soldier Cpl Clarence Lamar COATES (Arkansas)(38511578) 116th Infantry Regiment 29th Infantry Division who died on June 20, 1944 in Normandy after invasion.
I am researching him and his family. I hope his family will read me.
I can't see his headstone on ancestry but I found his FindaGrave page.
Thank you very much for your help.
Justine
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Someone has an ancestry tree for Cpl Clarence Lamar Coates - perhaps you can contact the family thru that.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/136005251/clarence-lamar-coates
Sandra
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U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, 1942-1949
CPL Clarence L Coates
Residence Place: Arkansas - Death Date 20 Jun 1944
Cemetery Normandy - Burial Place St Laurent, France
Next of Kin Jerry Anderson Coates. Casa Arkansas.
Sandra
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1930 census Highway No 10 Casa Perry Arkansas.
Jerry A Coats 33
Ada Coats 28
J A Coats 7 Son
Lamar Coats 5 Son
Mercile Coats 3 Daughter
1940 census Casa Perry Arkansas.
Nancy Coats 67
Jeny R Coats 43
Ada Coats 38
Jerry A Coats Jr 17
Lamar Coats 15
Mercile Coats 13
Sandra
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Brother - Jerry Anderson Coates Jr
Birth Date 8 Dec 1922 Casa, Perry County, Arkansas.
Death Date 18 Jun 2002 Conroe, Montgomery County, Texas.
Cemetery Casa Cemetery Casa, Perry County, Arkansas.
Father Jerry Anderson Coates Mother Ada Leo Coates
Spouse Fleda Sybil Coates
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7125270/jerry-anderson-coates
Sandra
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Obit for brother Jerry Anderson Coates Jnr. Published in Houston Chronicle on Jun. 20, 2002.
Gives lots of names for you to research.
https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/houstonchronicle/obituary.aspx?n=jerry-anderson-coates&pid=373289&fhid=3177
Sandra
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Hi,
Thank You very much Sandra !!!
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Thanks to you and your dad for caring for his grave, Justine. As you may know, it is Veterans Day in the US today, so this is a particularly appropriate day to remember the service of people like Cpl. Coates.
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Hi,
Thank You very much Sandra !!!
Thank you Justine and Dad for caring for the grave of Cpl Clarence Lamar Coates. Such an amazing job you all do. Many ceremonial events and parades today to commemorate Remembrance Day.
I have messaged several people who had ancestry trees, hopefully someone will respond to you on here. Fingers crossed.
Merci
Sandra
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Someone has made contact with me and I have directed them here. So fingers crossed you will hear from a relative soon.
Take Care
Well done.
Sandra :)
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I look forward to making contact with his family. I found his headstone. The person to notify in case of death was his brother Jerry ...
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Hello Trek06, I stumbled across you post and wanted to reach out to you. Lamar was my great uncle. I would be happy to answer any questions you may have about our family or about my grandfather, Jerry, Lamars brother. I want to thank you for taking care of his gravesite.
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Hello,
My daughter is delighted to find the family of Private COATES. Here is my email address:
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With my daughter, we found that the day before her death (June 19, 1944), her unit liberated the town of VESSIE, Manche, FRANCE. My daughter wants to know everything about him and your family !!!
Do not hesitate to contact us by my email !!
Best Regards,
Justine and Cyrille
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Hi Justine and Cyrille!
I’m Denise (Kyle who responded before is my cousin) Lamar was our great uncle.
I was able to visit his graveside back in 2003. I’m so excited to “meet” someone who is caring for his place of rest. Thank You!
What would you like to know about him?
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Hello,
We are looking for a picture of Lamar. Kyle helped us a lot to know his family and his environment. We have sent Kyle Lamar's IDPF. We have learned that he passed away from a shrapnel wound.
Normally, in August, we will visit Lamar and take pictures.
Justine and Cyrille
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I will find a photo and post it here. What is an IDPF?
Also, do you know what they do with momentos that are left at the grave site or on the cross?
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Hi, I'm Justine's dad. I'm answering because the questions are too technical for Justine ;)
The IDPF is Lamar's personal death record (circumstances, burial sites, list of personal effects...). We have learned that Lamar died of shell wounds to the head.
Normally, items left on graves are collected by the cemetery steward and stored in the soldier's personnel file by the cemetery's ABMC. Each time the cemetery is visited, one can ask to see the file and the objects. This summer I will leave Lamar's IDPF with the cemetery steward.
Cyrille and Justine
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There are no photos to be found on Clarence, I've been looking for some WWII groups on Facebook. I can give you a good shot of his tombstone.
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There are no photos to be found on Clarence, I've been looking for some WWII groups on Facebook. I can give you a good shot of his tombstone.
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The Find A Grave entry of CPL Clarence Lamar Coates shows a photograph of Clarence.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56643311/clarence-lamar-coates
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56643311/clarence-lamar-coates#view-photo=255706870
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56643311/clarence-lamar-coates/photo#view-photo=220091751
Sandra
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I'm so sorry it's taken so long to get back here.
I'm not sure how to attach a photo to this forum?
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Image needs to be below 500 kb - select attachments when you open up your post.
You cannot attach on some boards, unfortunately look up boards is one of those !!
An old tutorial here:-
https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,130922.0.html
Sandra
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Hi, I'm Justine's dad. I'm answering because the questions are too technical for Justine ;)
The IDPF is Lamar's personal death record (circumstances, burial sites, list of personal effects...). We have learned that Lamar died of shell wounds to the head.
Normally, items left on graves are collected by the cemetery steward and stored in the soldier's personnel file by the cemetery's ABMC. Each time the cemetery is visited, one can ask to see the file and the objects. This summer I will leave Lamar's IDPF with the cemetery steward.
Cyrille and Justine
Hi Justine,
I have made my family tree public on Ancestry.com. Here is a link, where you can see our family. I'm still working to add more info, it's a slow process.
There are a couple of pictures on Lamar's profile. Not much yet, but you can follow the tree if you like.
https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/pt/RSVP.aspx?dat=MTcyMTc5NTU3OzswNmEzMjU0OS0wMDA2LTAwMDAtMDAwMC0wMDAwMDAwMDAwMDA7MjAyMzA0MjIwMjQxNTM7MzI3NzE=&mac=LCVv1h7NyK6M9W35A4LXqA==