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Personal info

Full name
HOWARD, Clifford Cleo
Date of birth
13 September 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Howell County, Missouri
Hometown
Benton, Howell County, Missouri

Military service

Service number
37642488
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
20th Armored Infantry Battalion,
10th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
6 March 1945
Place of death
Trier, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 16 6

Immediate family

Members
Desford Z. Howard (father)
Geneva E. (McAninch) Howard (mother)
Otho J. Howard (brother)
Edna Howard (sister)
Elvin Howard (brother)
Burl L. Howard (brother)
James D. Howard (brother)
Dolan W. Howard (brother)
Bertie M. Howard (wife)
Bobbie R. Howard (son)
Bill Howard (son)

More information

Pvt Clifford C. Howard was employed at a saw mill before he enlisted.

His brother, Cpl Elvin E. Howard, was killed on 11 July 1944 and is memorialized at the Normandy American Cemetery.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.10tharmored.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery