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Personal info

Full name
CLARK, Herbert William
Date of birth
8 December 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Suffolk County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31432478
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
134th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 January 1945
Place of death
Near Bénestroff, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 11 37

Immediate family

Members
William T. Clark (father)
Edna L. Clark (mother)
Warren C. Clark (brother)

More information

Pvt Herbert W. Clark attended high school for two years and was employed at the United Shoe Mach Company before he enlisted in Boston, Massachusetts on 5 July 1944.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments to his head.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Grand-Failly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1940 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, After Action Report 35th Infantry Division

Photo source: Peter Schouteten