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Personal info

Full name
MC CLANAHAN, Joe
Date of birth
11 March 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Bradley County, Tennessee
Hometown
Bradley County, Tennessee

Military service

Service number
34493388
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
8th Infantry Regiment,
4th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Düren, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
B 3 47

Immediate family

Members
Onnie McClanahan (father)
Sarah A. (Pruitt) McClanahan (mother)
Pearl McClanahan (sister)
Alberta McClanahan (wife)

More information

Pvt Joe McClanahan enlisted at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia on 15 November 1942.

He entered the U.S. Army as a Private. He attended grammar school and was unskilled in construction occupations before his enlistment.

Source of information: Danny van der Groen, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Des Philippet