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Personal info

Full name
YOUNGBLOOD, Clifford Dewey
Date of birth
2 September 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Blue Mountain, Calhoun County, Alabama
Hometown
Brevard, Transylvania County, North Carolina

Military service

Service number
34996572
Rank
Private
Function
Rifleman
Unit
26th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
2 February 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Monschau, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
P 18 13

Immediate family

Members
James A. Youngblood (father)
Leila L. (Brown) Youngblood (mother)
Louis E. Youngblood (brother)
Arthur L. Youngblood (brother)
Leila L. Youngblood (sister)
James B. Youngblood (brother)
Homer A. Youngblood (brother)
Mary E. (Holder) Youngblood (sister)
Ruth C. (Tinsley) Youngblood (wife)
Peggy C. Youngblood (daughter)

More information

Pvt Clifford D. Youngblood enlisted at Fort Bragg, North Carolina on 22 June 1944.

He entered the U.S. Army as a Private. He completed 4 years of high school, worked at A.W. Wheeler, Nylon Mills, Brevard, North Carolina and was married. He was 5' 8 1/2" 133 pounds, brown eyes, black hair with light complexion.

He was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Margraten Block VV, Row 3, Grave 75.

Source of information: André Koch, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1930/1950 Census / U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / Stan's Family Tree / WWII Enlistment Records / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947, North Carolina / Stephen's Family Tree / 1st Infantry Division Unit History, http://www.history.army.mil

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, arnie300