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Personal info

Full name
MITCHUM, Clarence "Pete"
Date of birth
24 November 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Williamsburg County, South Carolina
Hometown
Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina

Military service

Service number
34849112
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
L Company,
3rd Battalion,
7th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
29 January 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Wickerschwihr - Bischwihr, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 7 33

Immediate family

Members
Thomas M. Mitchum (father)
Maggie F. (Rogers) Mitchum (mother)
William R. Mitchum (brother)
Alice L. Mitchum (sister)
Samuel E. Mitchum (brother)
Edwin Mitchum (brother)
Vernelle E. (Logan) Mitchum (wife)

More information

Pfc Clarence Mitchum was a painter.

He enlisted at Fort Jackson, South Carolina on 6 December 1943.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments to his head.

He was awarded the Silver Star Medal posthumously for his actions on that day.

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