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Personal info

Full name
CLARKE, Denny Taylor
Date of birth
1 July 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
DuBois, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Oakmont, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33148042
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
22nd Armored Field Artillery Battalion,
4th Armored Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
11 November 1944
Place of death
Viviers, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
A 25 25

Immediate family

Members
Edward B. Clarke (father)
Jeannette (Taylor) Clarke (mother)
Gordon Clarke (brother)
Bly Clarke (brother)
Georgia Clarke (sister)
Jessie Clarke (sister)
Leonard Clarke (brother)
William Clarke (brother)
Jack Clarke (brother)
Champ C. Clarke (brother)
Mary Clarke (sister)
Elizabeth A. (DiFatta) Clarke (wife)
Karen Clarke (daughter)

More information

Pvt Denny T. Clarke graduated from Oakmont High School and was employed at Edgewater Steel Company and wrote a sports column for the Advanced Leader, suburban weekly newspaper.

He enlisted in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania on 4 February 1942.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Limey, France.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.fold3.com - WWII Draft Registration Cards, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Pennsylvania, Veteran Compensation Application Files / Marriage Record / 1920 Census, www.newspapers.com - The Pittsburgh Press

Photo source: www.newspapers.com - The Pittsburgh Press