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Personal info

Full name
CLEMENTS, John Thomas
Date of birth
25 August 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Altoona, Blair County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Narberth, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
13186396
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
357th Infantry Regiment,
90th Infantry Division
Awards
Distinguished Service Cross,
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 January 1945
Place of death
Near Binsfeld, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
F 6 10

Immediate family

Members
Judson W. Clements (father)
Marie (Rager) Clements (mother)
Sara A. Clements (sister)
Joseph J. Clements (brother)
Judson W. Clements (brother)

More information

Pfc John T. Clements attended Lehigh University and volunteered for the Army of the United States in Fort George G. Meade, Maryland on 17 February 1943. He was sent overseas in April 1944.
He was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross posthumously. The citation stated: On the night of 23 January, in the town of Binsfield, Luxembourg, when his company was counterattacked by German Infantry supported by tanks and an 88-mm. gun, Pfc Clements left the cover of a building and knocked out the enemy gun with bazooka fire. He continued the fight until all the defenders but himself and a comrade were killed or wounded, then armed only with a pistol, he boldly advanced against a German machine gun nest. Pfc Clements was killed by enemy fire as he neared the position, but his heroic devotion to duty, in keeping with the highest traditions of the service, lives on as an inspiration to his comrades.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Kathy McDermott, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Park Paxson Petty Families / Pennsylvania Veteran Compensation Application Files WWII, www.findagrave.com

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Lehigh University - 1943, www.findagrave - Civils203