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Personal info

Full name
CLANCY, William Patrick "Bill"
Date of birth
15 September 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33314679
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Rifleman
Unit
C Company,
48th Armored Infantry Battalion,
7th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
5 October 1944
Place of death
West of Overloon, the Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
E 10 40

Immediate family

Members
Daniel Clancy (father)
Susan (Furey) Clancy (mother)
Catherine Clancy (sister)
William Clancy (brother)
Daniel Clancy (brother)
Bernard Clancy (brother)
Patrick J. Clancy (brother)
John Clancy (brother)

More information

William Clancy was an automobile mechanic.

He enlisted in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on 23 May 1942 and first worked in the motor pool on military vehicles. Leading up to the Battle of the Bulge, he was pulled from the motor pool and assigned to the infantry.

Pfc Clancy was killed by shell fragments to the head.

He was initially buried in a temporary grave at Henri-Chapelle on 25 October 1944. He was given his final resting place on 24 August 1948.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, http://www.7tharmddiv.org/index.htm, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census, IDPF

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Michel Clancy (nephew)