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About Leo Clyde Caffey:

Home in 1930: Precinct 2, Gaines, Texas
Clyde L Caffey 38
Clysta Caffey 38
Deton Caffey 12
Frances Caffey 9
Lowell Caffey 7
Janelle Caffey 4

About Lowell Justin Caffey:

Name: Lowell Justin Caffey
Death date: 19 Aug 1963
Death place: Abernathy Rt 2 Prec 5, Hale, Texas
Gender: Male
Race or color (on document): white
Age at death: 40 years
Birthdate: 15 Sep 1922
Birthplace: Texas
Marital status: Married
Father's name: L. C. Caffey
Mother's name: Clesta Hurt
Occupation: Laborer
Residence: Abernathy rt 2 Prec. 5, Hale, Texas
Cemetery name: Mancos Cemetery
Burial place: Mancos, Colo
Burial date: 21 Aug 1963
crushed in grain auger
Foot slipped in to auger and drew man's body into dame resulting in total dismembering

U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946
Name: Lowell J Caffey
Birth Year: 1922
Race: White, citizen (White)
Nativity State or Country: Texas
State: Texas
County or City: Gaines
Enlistment Date: 21 Oct 1942
Enlistment State: Texas
Enlistment City: Lubbock
Branch: Air Corps
Branch Code: Air Corps
Grade: Private
Grade Code: Private
Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
Component: Army of the United States - includes the following: Voluntary enlistments effective December 8, 1941 and thereafter; One year enlistments of National Guardsman whose State enlistment expires while in the Federal Service; Officers appointed in the Army of
Source: Civil Life

Education: 4 years of high school
Civil Occupation: Bridge Builder (Bridge carpenter. ) or Car Carpenter, Railway or Carpenter, Construction* (Carpenter, general.) or Carpenter, Ship An asterisk (*) appearing after a job title indicates that a trade test for the particular occupation will be found in the U
Marital Status: Single, without dependents
Height: 69
Weight: 133