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CLARK, Louis Aloysius - Date of
birth
27 June 1919 -
Age
25 - Place of
birth
Moseleyville, Daviess County, Kentucky -
Hometown
Owensboro, Daviess County, Kentucky
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
35834344 -
Rank
Private -
Function
unknown -
Unit
101st Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
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Awards
Purple Heart
Death
-
Status
Died of Wounds - Date of
death
21 November 1944 - Place of
death
unknown
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| B | 18 | 46 |
Immediate family
-
Members
Robert L. Clark (father)
Theresa R. (Bumm) Clark (mother)
Dorothy L. (Wiggins) Clark (wife)
Dorothy Clark (daughter)
More information
Pvt Louis A. Clark attended high school for three years and was a brick and stone mason before he enlisted at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana on 22 April 1944. He was sent overseas in October 1944.He was wounded near Guébling, France on 19 November 1944. He died in an hospital to the effects of small arms fire in his neck. The exact location where he died is not known.
He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, France.
He is also remembered at the Mater Dolorosa Cemetery in Owensboro, Deviess County, Kentucky.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Kentucky Birth Index / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files / Kendall Family Tree, www.findagrave.com - Jane Lamb Bickett, www.newspapers.com - The Owensboro Messenger 10 December 1944
Photo source: www.newspapers.com - Messenger Inquirer 20 May 1945, www.findagrave.com - Anita R. Austill