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Personal info

Full name
METTLER, Clarence Lloyd
Date of birth
29 April 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Lodi, San Joaquin County, California
Hometown
San Joaquin County, California

Military service

Service number
39049927
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
26th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
20 March 1945
Place of death
Aeigidienberg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
D 7 54

Immediate family

Members
Louie Mettler (father)
Caroline (Handel) Mettler (mother)
Le Roy Bittner (stepbrother)
Irene Mettler (sister)

More information

Pvt Clarence L. Mettler enlisted in Presidio of Monterey, California on 4 April 1944. He attended high school for 4 years and worked on a farm before he enlisted.

Pvt Mettler is remembered with a memorial stone at Lodi Memorial Cemetery in the family plot.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Carla Mans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.fold3.com, www.findagrave.com, www.ancestry.com - California Birth Index / Enlistment Record / 1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet / Siliken, U.S. School Yearbooks - Lodi High School 1943