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AI-0011 – Implementation of PACAF Plan for Selection of Pacific Area Unknown (soldiers)

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Record Summary

Evidence Category:

Documentary Record

Record Type:

Military Record

Date:

21-27 April 1958

Individuals Mentioned:

Charles A. Gould, Donald A. Kellum, William T. T. Ward, Oren A. Brooks, I. B. Jack Donalson, Edward G. Zagorski, Edward B. Brier, George W. Carpenter, Robert A. Pitcher, Russell C. Naggard, Marcellus C. Aser, Earl D. Bell, Myrtle Mauree Horns, Edward C. Klein.

Repository:

Clay Family Society Digital Archive

Summary

Clay descendant’s participation in the disinterment and reinterment of Unknown Soldiers discovered in the Philippines after WWII.

Clay Line: John Clay 1613

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Source Citation

Implementation of PACAF PLAN FOR SELECTION OF PACIFIC AREA UNKNOWN, dated 21 April – 27 April 1958; Approved 28Aug76, Donald A. Kellum, Col., USAF, Vice Commander, 13th Air Force, Office of History Headquarters, Thirteenth Air Force Clark Air Base, Republic of the Philppiens; CFS Archive ID AI-0011.

Historical Context

Oren A. Brooks is the father CFS member Bobbie Brooks and was the Mortuary Officer during this action. They are direct descendants of John Clay 1613. 1. Oren Ashford Brooks, Jr. (1Jan1918, Christiansburg, Montgomery, VA – 16Jun1995, Blacksburg, Montgomery, VA); 1a. Pilar Padilla; 2. Eula Emile Walters (15Aug1889, Montgomery Cnty, VA – 14Aug1974, Manatee Cnty, FL); 2a. Oren Ashford Brooks, Sr. (29Jan1888, Wyoming Cnty, WV – 24Oct1952, Christiansburg, Montgomery, VA); 3. Flora Belle Canterbury (14Jul1866, Wyoming Cnty, WV – 22Mar1944, Pineville, WV); 3a. Isaac Bailey Brooks (Feb1860, Wyoming Cnty, WV – 26Sep1936, Wyoming Cnty, WV); 4. George Stewart CANTERBURY (Jan1842 – 5Sep1913) & Emily L Wesley (17Feb1843 – 28Mar1894); 5. John Quincy Canterbury (1800 – 9Jul1866) & Amy STEWART (1805-1879); 6. William Ralph Stewart (17Dec1752 – 17Nov1835) & Mary Polly CLAY (1772 – 25Apr1851).