PVT Clarence Earl Trollinger

Male 1891 - 1927  (35 years)


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  • Name Clarence Earl Trollinger 
    Prefix PVT 
    Birth 15 Nov 1891  Newton, Catawba, NC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 26 May 1927  Norfolk, VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Virginia, U.S., Death Records
      Name: Clarance Earl Trollinger
      Gender: Male
      Race: White
      Death Age: 36
      Birth Date: 15 Nov 1890
      Death Date: 26 May 1927
      Death Place: Norfolk, Norfolk, Virginia, USA
      Registration Date: 27 May 1927
      Father: Robert H Trollinger
      Mother: Lillie E Sherrill
      Certificate Number: 1927011478

      U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans
      Name: Clarence E Trolinger
      Death Date: 26 May 1927
      Cemetery: Forest Lawn Cemetery
      Cemetery Location: Norfolk, Virginia
    Burial Norfolk, VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Burial: Forest Lawn Cemetery
      Norfolk, Norfolk City, Virginia, USA
    Person ID I867  Drollinger Genealogy
    Last Modified 27 Sep 2023 

    Father PVT Robert Henry Trollinger,   b. 18 Dec 1861, Catawba County, NC Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Jun 1922, Ocean View, VA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 60 years) 
    Mother Lillian Elmer Sherrill,   b. 20 Nov 1861, Catawba County, NC Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Dec 1936 (Age 75 years) 
    Family ID F287  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 15 Nov 1891 - Newton, Catawba, NC Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 26 May 1927 - Norfolk, VA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Norfolk, VA Link to Google Earth
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  • Documents

    WWI DRC

    Headstone Application

    Headstones

    Forest Lawn Cemetery
    Norfolk, Norfolk City, VA

  • Notes 
    • U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards
      Name: Clarence Eale Trollinger [Clarence Earle Trollinger]
      Race: White
      Marital Status: Single
      Birth Date: 15 Nov 1891
      Birth Place: North Carolina
      Residence Date: 1917-1918
      Street Address: Cawson St
      Residence Place: Prince George County, Virginia, USA
      Physical Build: Medium
      Height: Short
      Hair Color: Black
      Eye Color: Brown

      6 Sep 1917 30 Jan 1919 I Co 318th Inf NG
      The 80th Division, a National Army Division, was organized at Camp Lee, near Petersburg, Virginia in September 1917, with Major-General Adelbert Cronkhite, commanding. The Division was organized as follows:
      159th Infantry Brigade: 317th Infantry Regiment, 318th Infantry Regiment, 313th Machine Gun Battalion.
      160th Infantry Brigade: 319th Infantry Regiment, 320th Infantry Regiment, 315th Machine Gun Battalion.
      155th Field Artillery Brigade: 313th Field Artillery Regiment (75mm), 314th Field Artillery Regiment (75mm), 315th Field Artillery Regiment (155mm), 305th Trench Mortar Battery.
      Divisional Troops: 314th Machine Gun Battalion, 305th Engineer Regiment, 305th Field Signal Battalion, 305th Train Headquarters and MP, 305th Ammunition Train, 305th Supply Train, 305th Engineer Train, 305th Sanitary Train (Ambulance Companies & Field Hospitals 317, 318, 319, 320).
      The enlisted personnel of the 80th Division were draftees drawn from Virginia, West Virginia and the western counties of Pennsylvania, giving the division the name of "The Blue Ridge Division."
      The Division suffered 1,241 men killed in action; 4,788 men wounded in action; 100 men as prisoners of war or missing in action. There were 4,495 men received as replacements. The Division advanced a total of 24 miles and captured a total of 1,813 German prisoners of war.

      1900 United States Federal Census
      Name: Clarance E Zollinger
      Age: 9
      Birth Date: Nov 1891
      Birthplace: North Carolina
      Home in 1900: Newton, Catawba, North Carolina
      Race: White
      Gender: Male
      Relation to Head of House: Son
      Marital Status: Single
      Father's Name: Robert Zollinger
      Father's Birthplace: North Carolina
      Mother's Name: Lillie Zollinger
      Mother's Birthplace: North Carolina

      1910 United States Federal Census
      Name: Clarence E Trollinger
      Age in 1910: 19
      Birth Year: abt 1891 [1891]
      Birthplace: North Carolina
      Home in 1910: Salisbury East Ward, Rowan, North Carolina
      Race: White
      Gender: Male
      Relation to Head of House: Son
      Marital Status: Single
      Father's Name: Robert H Trollinger
      Father's Birthplace: North Carolina
      Mother's Name: Lillie Elmer Trollinger
      Mother's Birthplace: North Carolina