• May 11, 1923 – Dec. 4, 1944
• Born in Pineville, Kentucky
• Education 1941-1943
• UT Football Halfback
  • Known as “Ig,” is one of seven Vols to have their number (no. 62) retired.
• Pvt. Army
• Enlisted in April 1943 while attending UT
• Trained in Camp Howze
• F Co, 335th Inf Reg, 84th Inf Div. KIA near Aachen, Germany. UT Football player, 1942.
  • http://www.lonesentry.com/gi_stories_booklets/84thinfantry/index.html
  • Known as the “Railsplitters”
  • Landed in France in October 1944
  • Attacking Siegfried Line
  • Fighting at Leiffarth at the start of December
• Hurst Cemetery in Middlesboro, Kentucky

Clyde Emmett Fuson (May 11, 1923 – Dec. 4, 1944) was born in Bell County, Kentucky. He attended the University of Tennessee in Education from 1941 to 1943. Known as “Ig,” Fuson played for the University of Tennessee’s Football team as a Halfback and is one of the numbers (No. 62) retired in honor of their service. 

Fuson enlisted in April 1943 while still attending UT and was trained in Camp Howze as a private in Company F of the 335th Infantry Regiment, 84th Infantry Division. Known as the “Railsplitters,” the 84th Infantry landed in France at the end of October 1944 and was sent to aid in the assault on the Siegfried Line fortifications. Pvt. Fuson was killed in action near the city of Aachen, Germany, on December 4, 1944. He is buried at Hurst Cemetery in Middlesboro, Kentucky.

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