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Personal info

Full name
CLINTON, Ivan Austin
Date of birth
4 April 1921
Age
22
Place of birth
Ozark, Christian County, Missouri
Hometown
Christian County, Missouri

Military service

Service number
37372401
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
Left Waist Gunner
Unit
336th Bombardment Squadron,
95th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
13 June 1943
Place of death
Baltic Sea, off the coast of Kiel, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Walls of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
George W. Clinton (father)
Ethel (Maples) Clinton (mother)
Ruby F. Holder (half-sister)
Juanita L. Holder (half-sister)
Orval C. Clinton (brother)
George A. Clinton (brother)
Gale A. Clinton (brother)
Cleona M. Clinton (sister)

Plane data

Serial number
42-29680
Data
Type: B-17F
Nickname: Battlin B
Destination: Kiel, Germany
Mission: Bombing of U-boat yards
MACR: 2751

More information

S/Sgt Ivan A. Clinton was employed as a carpenter.

He enlisted at Jefferson Barracks, Missour, on 16 July 1942.

Statement from Captain David E. Olsson, Assistant Operations Officer:
"B-17F 42-29680, piloted by 1st Lt Joseph L. Nunes on 13 June 1943, was last seen between 54 ° to 55° N and 08° to 10° E. The aircraft was never seen in trouble or leaving the formation. On this mission, a great deal of enemy opposition was encountered (over 100 enemy aircraft), causing 10 aircraft of this unit to be lost. It is understandable that the crews returned unable to give any information concerning this missing aircraft."

The entire crew of ten men was killed. The remains of seven were never recovered and are remembered on the Walls of the Missing at Margraten. One is buried at Ardennes Cemetery, and two are buried in the U.S.A.

S/Sgt Clinton is remembered at Selmore Cemetery in Ozark, Christian County, Missouri.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.footnote.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone Application for Military Veterans, www.fold3.com - MACR, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Pam Bledsoe, Arie-Jan van Hees, www.findagrave.com