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Personal info

Full name
GREENWOOD, Clifford Norman "Cliff"
Date of birth
29 August 1910
Age
34
Place of birth
Sarasota, Sarasota County, Florida
Hometown
Sarasota, Sarasota County, Florida

Military service

Service number
34023533
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
Service Company,
120th Infantry Regiment,
30th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
30 December 1944
Place of death
Otaimont, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
D 9 11

Immediate family

Members
Samuel T. Greenwood (father)
Lillie V. (Morris) Greenwood (mother)
Lee Greenwood (brother)
Paul greenwood (brother)
Francis Greenwood (brother)

More information

Sgt Clifford N. Greenwood attended high school for three years and lightweight boxer champion. He had fights in Madison Square and many other places but mostly in his hometown Sarasota, Florida.

He enlisted at Camp Blanding, Florida on 19 February 1941.

Source of information: Madalyn Andrews (granddaughter), www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census, www.oldhickory30th.com, www.30thinfantry.org, Sarasota Herald-Tribune 23-jan-1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Sarasota Herald-Tribune 23-jan-1945, The Tampa Tribune 28 March 1930, 10 May 1939