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Personal info

Full name
CLEVENGER, Erving Delbert
Date of birth
5 September 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Ivydale, Clay County, West Virginia
Hometown
Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, West Virginia

Military service

Service number
35083355
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
101st Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
2 January 1945
Place of death
Wiltz, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 2 16

Immediate family

Members
Dorsie A. Clevenger (father)
Ezzie G. (Roze) Clevenger (mother)
Lory Clevenger (brother)
Kessel B. Clevenger (brother)
Marie Clevenger (sister)
Kester H. Clevenger (brother)
Callie I. Clevenger (sister)
Ruby Clevenger (sister)
Paul Clevenger (brother)
Seth E. Clevenger (brother)
Betty L. Clevenger (sister)
Dora Clevenger (sister)
Dorsie L. Clevenger (brother)

More information

Pfc Erving D. Clevenger worked on a farm before he enlisted at Fort Thomans, Kentucky on 24 April 1944.

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 / Adams Family Tree, www.findagrave.com - MAJ Jimmy Cotton, www.fold3.com - 26th Infantry Division
Photo source: Hannah Majewski - Pamela Lee / Clevinger Family