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Personal info

Full name
CLEMENT, Alfred Joseph
Date of birth
14 November 1919
Age
24
Place of birth
Marquette, Marquette County, Michigan
Hometown
Marquette, Marquette County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36227750
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
11th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
8 September 1944
Place of death
Corny-sur-Moselle, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Tablets of the Missing
* This soldier has been accounted for. A rosette has been placed next to his name.

Immediate family

Members
Harry J. Clement (father)
Florine Clement (mother)
Raymond Clement (brother)
Irene Clement (sister)
Velore Clement (sister)
Gloria Clement (sister)
Rosemarie Clement (sister)
Pauline Clement (sister)
Marvin Clement (brother)

More information

Pfc Alfred J. Clement attended Graveraet High School and was a mechanic.

He enlisted at Fort Sheridan, Illinois on 6 November 1941.

On 12 and 13 September 2000, members of a local French historical group called "Thanks Gis" were digging on the eastern bank of the Moselle River, near the town of Corny in an area known as Horseshoe Woods, when they encountered human remains and U.S. military artifacts. The group turned the remains over to the U.S. Army Mortuary Affairs Activity-Europe. On 14 and 15 September representatives from USAMMAA-E also visited the excavation site and observed the skeletal remains in situ prior to their removal.

After identification, Pfc Clement was buried at Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia on 15 October 2003.

Source of information: Leo Minne, Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – 1920/1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record, "A footsoldier for Patton" - Michael C. Bilder/James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO, IDPF

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Amanda, The Post-Crescent - 11 November 2003, DPAA