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 William
A. Klug Jr., 84
Wesley Chapel, Florida - Mr. William A. Klug Jr., 60, of Wesley
Chapel, Florida, originally from Cincinnati, Ohio, passed away
December 23, 2008.
During WWII he was a
Paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne and was also a P.O.W. He
retired from the government accounting office in Washington D.C.
He served the Lord
while attending Idlewild Baptist Church. He is survived by; his
loving wife, Juanita; his daughter, Donna Gayle Johnson (Don);
grandchildren, Kimberley Powell and Jerod Johnson;
great-grandchildren, Caitlin Powell and Cullen Johnson; several
cousins including, Lou Klug of Cincinnati OH, and Gene Klug of
Banning CA; and many other dear friends.
The family will
receive friends from 1-2 PM on Monday, December 29, 2008 at
Blount & Curry Funeral Home Carrollwood Chapel, 3207 W. Bearss
Avenue, Tampa, FL 33618, with funeral services following, at
2PM. Interment will be at Florida National Cemetery in Bushnell
Florida at a later date.
Flowers are welcomed
however, those wishing may make donations in Bill Klug's memory
to Idlewild Baptist Church Building Fund, P.O. Box 44 Lutz, FL
33548.
(Published in the
Ocala Star-Banner from 12/27 to 12/28/2008)
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(courtesy Janet Barnes)
Grave marker for William A. Klug in Section 605,
Site 632 of the Florida National Cemetery, Bushnell
(Sumter County), Florida
William enlisted
in the Army at Ft Thomas, Newport, KY on 6 November 1942.
His cousin Eugene Klug enlisted at the same time.
Initially assigned
to Co F, 508th PIR, the Klug cousins probably made a paperwork
nightmare as not only were the names the same, their ASN's were
just 10 digits different. To resolve the problem, on 11
November 1943 William was transferred to Hq 2nd while cousin
Earl was sent to Hq 1st.
The regiment
participated in the now famous Tennessee Maneuvers in the Fall
of 1943 and remarkably a glimpse at William's future was
presented when on 26 September 1943 he was listed as "lost in
action". He apparently had lost his way but was able to
return.
William was with
Hq 2nd when the battalion jumped into Normandy on D-Day but was
captured that same day. This article appeared in the
Cincinnati Enquirer on 21 July 1944. By chance Pfc Robert
Martin of Co I, 508th was listed as well.
 MISSING
IN FRANCE
Pvt William A. Klug Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. W.
A. Klug, 971 Woodlawn Ave., has been missing in France since
D-Day, the War Department has advised his parents. He was
also a member of a paratroop division.
Remarkably his cousin Eugene was also taken
prisoner and both would sit out the war as POW's.
 A
second article appeared in the Cincinnati Enquirer on 28 July
1944 and repeated much of the same information but did state
specifically that he was being held by the Germans and he had
sent a letter home.
William was liberated from Stalag 4A on 12 June
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