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CLARK, Charles Edward - Date of
birth
10 June 1920 -
Age
24 - Place of
birth
New York -
Hometown
Staten Island, Richmond County, New York
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
32783174 -
Rank
Private First Class -
Function
unknown -
Unit
B Company,
60th Engineer Combat Battalion,
35th Infantry Division
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Awards
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
10 October 1944 - Place of
death
Ajoncourt, France
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine - Tablets of the Missing
Immediate family
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Members
Edward A. Clark (father)
Linda S. (Hendrickson) CLark (mother)
Clara Clark (sister)
More information
On the night of 10 October 1944, B Company suffered the loss of 47 men in an explosion of anti-tank mines at Anjoncourt, France. The third and elements of the first platoon were engaged in a night mine laying operation just north of the town. The squad trucks loaded with mines were parked at a point just south of the town and the mines were being fused and unloaded from the trucks and carried to the mine field. At approximately 2300, a terrific explosion from the leading truck which was loaded with mines caused a sympathetic detonation of a nearby truck load of mines and mines that were stacked on the ground nearby. Approximately 1,500 mines in all exploded. The entire area immediately became an inferno of exploding mines, small arms ammunition and burning vehicles.Pfc Clark is remembered at the Rest Haven Cemetery in Hanover, York County, Pennsylvania.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Clark Hayes Family Tree, After Action Report 35th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - MAJ Jimmy Cotton / Winter Birds PA
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Frogman / Winter Birds PA