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Personal info

Full name
MUSTARD, John Clemmet
Date of birth
17 February 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Morgan, Owen County, Indiana
Hometown
Marion County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
35352120
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
15th Tank Battalion,
6th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
2 January 1945
Place of death
Wardin, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Orville W. Mustard (father)
Beulah (Robertson) Mustard (mother)
Paul R. Mustard (brother)
Ted R. Mustard (brother)
Patsy Mustard (sister)
Lois A. (Gray) Mustard (wife)

More information

Pfc John C. Mustard worked for the Hoyt Machint Shop before he enlisted on 14 April 1942 at Indianapolis, Indiana. He was sent overseas in February 1944.

Pfc Mustard was a crew member of a medium tank in an attack on the village of Wardin, Belgium, three miles southeast of Bastogne. About 200 yards west of the village his tank received a direct hit by anti-tank fire and it was set ablaze.

He was officially declared dead one day and one year after he was reported missing in action.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Birth Certificate / Enlistment Record / 1930 Census / Family Trees, www.newspapers.com - The Indianapolis Star / The Indianapolis News

Photo source: Astrid van Erp, www.newspapers.com - The Indianapolis Star