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Personal info

Full name
CLASHMAN, Charles Roberts
Date of birth
20 October 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Jeffersonville, Clark County, Indiana
Hometown
Jeffersonville, Clark County, Indiana
Ethnicity
White

Military service

Service number
35699549
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
F Company,
2nd Battalion,
289th Infantry Regiment,
75th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
27 December 1944
Place of death
Sadzot, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
E 5 15

Immediate family

Members
Harold M. Clashman (father)
Ruth R. Clashman (mother)

More information

Sgt Charles R. Clashman worked in a laundry before he enlisted on 24 March 1943 at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana.

Sgt Clashman suffered multiple wounds in the abdomen, caused by artillery shell fragments.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census / Indiana, U.S. Birth Certificates, http://75thdivisiondad.com, www.criba.be

Photo source: www.findagrave.com