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Personal info

Full name
CLEMENT, George W III
Date of birth
23 July 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York City, New York
Hometown
Queens, Queens County, New York

Military service

Service number
12152388
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
508th Parachute Infantry Regiment
Awards
Bronze Star with Oak Leaf Cluster,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
31 December 1944
Place of death
Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
A 6 35

Immediate family

Members
George Clement (father)
Mary K.P. Clement (mother)

More information

S/Sgt George W. Clement attended college and was a commercial artist.

He volunteered for the Army of the United States in New York City on 12 October 1942.

Source of information: Carla Mans, www.wwiimemorial.com, http://aad.archives.gov/aad, www.ww2-airborne.us, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Ronald Quadvlieg