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Personal info

Full name
HAMM, Clayton Eugene
Date of birth
18 September 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Lee, Penobscot County, Maine
Hometown
Mattawankeag, Penobscot County, Maine

Military service

Service number
31352602
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
G Company,
2nd Battalion,
7th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
4 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Les Rouges Eaux-Col du Haut Jacques, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 29 40

Immediate family

Members
Charles A. Hamm (father)
Hazel W. Hamm (mother)
Clifton E. Hamm (brother)
Roger T. Hamm (brother)
Isabell Hamm (sister)
Dorothy Hamm (sister)
Muriel G. (Seymour) Hamm (wife)

More information

Pvt Clayton E. Hamm was a meat cutter before he enlisted in Brewer, Maine on 19 November 1943.

He was shot near the heart as he crossed an open field east at the crossroads at le Col du Haut Jacques. G Company walked into an ambush of at least a company of German soldiers as they crossed an open field. German rifle fire rained down around them. He was evacuated to a first aid station, but died on the way.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Cards, History 3rd Infantry Division WWII
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy