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Personal info

Full name
CLARK, Wayne Clifford
Date of birth
16 December 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Mosinee, Marathon County, Wisconsin
Hometown
Wausau, Marathon County, Wisconsin

Military service

Service number
36981622
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Lead Scout
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
354th Infantry Regiment,
89th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
9 April 1945
Place of death
In the area of Crawinkel, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
I 12 8

Immediate family

Members
Clifford Clark (father)
Pansy E. (Shobutte) Clark (mother)
Delia Clark (sister)
Beatrice (McCabe) Clark (wife)
David Clark (son)
Sidney W. Clark (son)
Leah J. (Woods) Clark (daughter)
Arletta R. Clark (daughter)

More information

Pfc Wayne C. Clark attended Waupaca High School and was a truck driver in Clintonville before he enlisted in May 1944.
He was sent overseas on 26 December 1944.

It is believed he was a “runner", a soldier who moved ahead of larger units to scan for snipers, and that he was shot.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.89infdivww2.org/memories/354_20.htm, The Shawano Leader - 12 June 2015

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Jo Winkens, The Oshkosh Northwestern - 22 February 2016