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Personal info

Full name
CLIPSTON, John Freeston
Date of birth
15 October 1917
Age
26
Place of birth
Essex, England
Hometown
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California

Military service

Service number
39266903
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
318th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
25 September 1944
Place of death
Mont St. Jean, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 25 76

Immediate family

Members
Walter Clipston (father)
Laura Clipston (mother)

More information

Pvt John F. Clipston immigrated with his mother in 1921.

He attended high school for one year and was a industry clerk before he enlisted in Los Angeles, California on 21 November 1942.

He was reported seriously wounded in action on the same day he died.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men / California Federal Naturalisation Records, www.80thdivision.com

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