Jr. was killed by Japanese artillery fire. He was buried on Okinawa, but later reburied at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia. His son Claudius Miller Easley, Jr., served as a lieutenant colonel with the Sixth Army. On April 21, 1946, Easley was posthumously awarded a Doctorate of Laws by AMC. Decorations Brigadier General Claudius M. Easley´s ribbon bar: References External links His monument at Kuniyoshi, Itoman City Okinawa, where he died. ANC Explorer Generals of World War II 1891 births 1945 deaths United States Army Infantry Branch personnel People from Waco, Texas United States Distinguished Marksman Texas A&M University alumni United States Army Command and General Staff College alumni United States Army War College alumni United States Army personnel of World War I United States Army personnel killed in World War II Recipients of the Silver Star Recipients of the Legion of Merit Burials at Arlington National Cemetery Waco High School alumni United States Army generals of World War II United States Army generals Military personnel from Texas