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Personal info

Full name
WIDBER, Clarence Dana
Date of birth
17 August 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Portland, Cumberland County, Maine
Hometown
Westbrook, Cumberland County, Maine

Military service

Service number
31398997
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
110th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
4 October 1944
Place of death
Hürtgen Forest, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
A 25 10

Immediate family

Members
Clarence H. Widber (father)
Florence V. Widber (mother)
Barret W. Leighton (half-brother)
Herbert E. Widber (brother)
Katharine (Knudsen) Widber (wife)
Carol Knudsen (daughter)

More information

Pvt Clarence D. Widber graduated from Westbrook High School in 1935.

He enlisted in Portland, Maine on 2 October 1943.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Nancy Plourde (niece), www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Maine, Birth Records / 1930 Census

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Westbrook High School 1935