The U.S. Army WW II enlistments database records Ova K. McClain, born 1908, residence Rowan Co., Ky, enlisted 12 May 1942 in Indianapolis, Indiana as a private for the duration of the war plus 6 months, education grammar school, occupation carpenter, marital status divorced no dependents, height 66 inches, weight 127 lbs.

The Muncie, Indiana City directory lists Ova K. McClain and wife Clela M. McClain living at 700 Claypool Rd in 1960.

The Social Security death index lists Ova McClain, born 23 Jan 1908, died June 1983, last residence Muncie, Delaware Co., Indiana.

Be careful not to confuse him with Ova C. McClain, born 8 Sep 1908 in Morgan Co., son of James M. McClain and Anna Patton, who moved to Middletown, Ohio and married Ruth E. Pennock.

In 1930 he was listed in Fayette Co., Ky, as a brother-in-law with the family of his sister Lillie and her husband Meredith Jones.

The Kentucky birth index lists Mildred L. Jones, born 26 Mar 1914 in Breathitt Co. (a misindexing of Rowan11), mother’s maiden name Bessie Hollan.

Her gravestone says Mildred Faye Jones.

Rowan Co., Ky marriage book 40, p. 101, records the marriage on 23 Oct 1934 of Ovie McClain, age 26, single, son of John & Rosa McClain, to Faye Markwell Jones, age 21, divorced, daughter of Clell & Bessie Jones. Both residents of Morehead and born in Rowan Co.