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Personal info

Full name
KLAVERENGA, George Wallace
Date of birth
11 November 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Indiana
Hometown
Tippecanoe County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
35168080
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
18th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 April 1945
Place of death
Harz mountains, east of Osterode am Harz, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
O 15 10

Immediate family

Members
George R. Klaverenga (father)
Augusta E. (Feldt) Klaverenga (mother)
Harriett E. Klaverenga (sister)
Harrry R. Klaverenga (brother)
Ruth F. Klaverenga (sister)
A. Klaverenga (sister)
Helen B. (Rodenbarger) Klaverenga (wife)
Nancy A. Klaverenga (daughter)
Barbara L. Klaverenga (daughter)

More information

Sgt George W. Klaverenga was a carpenter before he enlisted at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana on 30 September 1941.


He was married to Helen B. Rodenbarger, while stationed at Brooks field, Texas. There he was promoted to the rank of corporal early in 1943.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Family Tree, www.myheritage.nl - Family Tree, www.newspapers.com - Journal and Courier

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.ancestry.com - Brooks Field Army Airforce Training Command Yearbook 1943 / Miller-Brouwer family tree