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SHROUT, Clarence Lee - Date of
birth
16 July 1926 -
Age
18 - Place of
birth
Bunceton, Cooper County, Missouri -
Hometown
San Mateo, San Mateo County, California
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
39141297 -
Rank
Private -
Function
Machine Gunner -
Unit
F Company,
2nd Battalion,
506th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
-
Awards
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
9 October 1944 - Place of
death
Near Randwijk, Holland
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| G | 2 | 25 |
Immediate family
-
Members
Elmer H. Shrout (father)
Nannie E. (Harris) Shrout (mother)
Lawrence H. Shrout (brother)
John M. Shrout (brother)
Dortha M. Shrout (sister)
Hillard F. Shrout (brother)
More information
Pvt Clarence L. Shrout enlisted in San Francisco, California on 2 October 1943.He was already a veteran of the D-Day landings in Normandy.
He was killed German mortar fire.
He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Molenhoek, The Netherlands.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com - Orville L. Kline, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, http://www.ww2-airborne.us/units/506/506_honor_st.html, www.ancestry.com - Family Tree / U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Laura Phillips, Lambert Kliebisch