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Personal info

Full name
CLAGG, George Franklin "Bo"
Date of birth
13 January 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Pleasantville, Fairfield County, Ohio
Hometown
Fairfield County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
15322785
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
28th Infantry Regiment,
8th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
14 December 1944
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
l 6 8

Immediate family

Members
Asa S. Clagg (father)
Elizabeth E. (Hudson) Clagg (mother)
Charles W. Clagg (brother)
James L. Clagg (brother)
Edith A. Clagg (sister)
Lillian I. Clagg (sister)
Vivian E. Clagg (sister)
Henry E. Clagg (brother)
Chancey L. Clagg (brother)
Betty J. Clagg (sister)
Jesse L. Clagg (brother)
Florence Clagg (sister)
Asa Clagg (sister)

More information

Pvt George F. Clagg attended Lancaster High School before he worked in the decorating department of the Anchor Hocking Glass corporation

He enlisted at Fort Hayes, Ohio on 2 October 1942 and was overseas in November 1943.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census / Ohio Birth Index, www.newspapers.com - Lancaster Eagle-Gazette

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.newspapers.com - Lancaster Eagle-Gazette