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Personal info

Full name
CLARK, John Robert
Date of birth
26 August 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Blairsville, Indiana County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Glenshaw, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33950958
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
2nd Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
21 January 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Lipperscheid - Hoscheid, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 14 96

Immediate family

Members
James R. Clark (father)
Lora M. (Cunningham) Clark (mother)
James F. Clark (brother)
Margaret J. Clark (sister)
Helen M. (Csiszar) Clark (wife)
John R. Clark Jr. (son)

More information

Pvt John R. Clark attended Blairsville High School, Patton Trade School and Carnegie Tech. He worked at the Nuttall Plant of Westinghouse.

He enlisted in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania on 27 June 1944. He was sent overseas in December 1944.
He attended 1 year of College and worked as a machinist before he enlisted.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – 1920/1930/1940 Census / Pennsylvania Veteran Compensation Application, A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.newspapers.com - The Pittsburgh Press - 15 February 1945