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GLADSON, Clyde W - Date of
birth
21 March 1913 -
Age
31 - Place of
birth
Culberson, Cherokee County, North Carolina -
Hometown
Culberson, Cherokee County, North Carolina
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
34129942 -
Rank
Private First Class -
Function
unknown -
Unit
L Company,
3rd Battalion,
120th Infantry Regiment,
30th Infantry Division
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Awards
Bronze Star with Oak Leaf Cluster
Death
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Status
Missing in Action - Date of
death
25 December 1944 - Place of
death
Malmedy, Belgium
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes - Tablets of the Missing
Immediate family
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Members
Marion L. Gladson (father)
Palice (Morgan) Gladson (mother)
Carl Gladson (brother)
Marie Gladson (sister)
Elsie Gladson (sister)
Gretel Gladson (sister)
More information
Pfc Clyde W. Gladson enlisted at Fort Jackson, Columbie, South Carolina on 28 July 1942. He was a carpenter apprentice before he enlisted.On 23, 24 and 25 December 1944 the city center of Malmedy was bombed repeatedly by the United States Army Air Forces in a series of friendly fire incidents. Approximately 200 civilians were killed in the tragic attacks, while the number of American casualties has never been revealed by the United States Department of Defense. It is estimated that 69 American servicemen lost their lives of which a great number is still listed as missing in action.
He is remembered at the Mount Pleasant Baptist Church Cemetery, Murphy, Cherokee County, North Carolina.
Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Carla Mans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1920 Census / Wilson-Golden-Burns-Carter Family Tree, www.oldhickory30th.com, www.30thinfantry.org
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Ardennes Cemetery / Chuck Garland / Monkeas