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Personal info

Full name
SACHS, Clyde Henry
Date of birth
8 July 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Nuremberg, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Nuremberg, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33832705
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
180th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 March 1945
Place of death
Between Worms and Hamm, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
A 27 21

Immediate family

Members
Daniel R. Sachs (father)
Gertrude M. (Ulshafer) Sachs (mother)
Ruth Sachs (sister)
Daniel M. Sachs (brother)
Harold R. Sachs (brother)
Geane Sachs (sister)

More information

Clyde H. Sachs graduated from Nuremberg High School in 1943.

He enlisted on 13 October 1943.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Pennsylvania Veteran Compensation Application Files WWII / Thomas Brown Families / 1940 Census, http://www.45thdivision.org , www.newspapers.com - The Plain Speaker
Photo source: , www.newspapers.com - The Plain Speaker