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Personal info

Full name
CLANCY, James Edward
Date of birth
7 February 1910
Age
34
Place of birth
Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31017502
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
11th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
23 January 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Merscheid – Hoscheid, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
G 6 16

Immediate family

Members
John F. Clancy (father)
Alice (Obrien) Clancy (mother)
Michael J. Clancy (brother)
Helen Clancy (sister)
Alice Clancy (sister)
John F. Clancy (brother)
Thomas E. Clancy (brother)
Arthur Clancy (brother)
William R. Clancy (brother)
Edward J. Clancy (brother)

More information

S/Sgt James E. Clancy attended high school for 2 years and was a foreman. He joined the Regular Army in Boston, Massachusetts on 24 February 1941.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – 1920/1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / Sullivan Family Tree. U.S. Draft Cards Young Men, www.findagrave.com, A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Bessie Savery, www.ancestry.com – Sullivan Family Tree