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MC COLLUM, Clarence E - Date of
birth
16 February 1909 -
Age
35 - Place of
birth
Brown Station, Boone County, Missouri -
Hometown
Boone County, Missouri
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
37638487 -
Rank
Private -
Function
unknown -
Unit
I Company,
3rd Battalion,
334th Infantry Regiment,
84th Infantry Division
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Awards
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
20 November 1944 - Place of
death
Geilenkirchen-Prummern, Germany
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| G | 8 | 25 |
Immediate family
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Members
William A. McCollum (father)
Bertha E. (Cargio) McCollum (mother)
Andrew McCollum (brother)
Benjamin McCollum (brother)
Marian S. (Smith) McCollum (daughter)
Jimmie E. McCollum (son)
Joyce A. (Reynolds) McCollum (daughter)
More information
Pvt Clarence E. McCollum enlisted at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri on 20 April 1944.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Rick Demas, Jimmie Earl McCollum (son), www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, http://www.awon.org/awmccollum.html