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Personal info

Full name
DE BOER, Clifford Marion
Date of birth
30 July 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Sheldon, O'Brien County, Iowa
Hometown
O'Brien County, Iowa

Military service

Service number
O1311620
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
415th Infantry Regiment,
104th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 November 1944
Place of death
Eschweiler, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
A 13 6

Immediate family

Members
Cornelius A. De Boer (father)
Effie (Den Hartog) De Boer (mother)
Raymond De Boer (brother)
Lester De Boer (brother)
Margaret E. (Groen) De Boer (wife)
Mauvee K. De Boer (daughter)
Kelly J. De Boer (daughter)

More information

2nd Lt Clifford M. De Boer attended college and was a clerk.

His father was born in Iowa but his grandfather on his father's side was born in the Netherlands. Also his mother was born in the Netherlands.

He joined the National Guard in Sheldon, Iowa on 10 February 1941. He left for Camp Claiborne, Louisiana and then to Ireland in February 1941.

After a year and a half he returned to the States as a training officer in Georgia but returned to active duty in August 1944.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.findagrave.com, www.ancestry.com - Iowa Birth Index / 1930 Census / Headstone and Interment Record, WWII Bonus Case File, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, Argus-Leader Sioux Falls, South Dakota, The Alton Democrat (Alton, Iowa)

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Argus-Leader Sioux Falls, South Dakota