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Personal info

Full name
LOVE, Clarence Charles
Date of birth
16 January 1912
Age
32
Place of birth
Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa
Hometown
Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa

Military service

Service number
37695626
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
G Company,
2nd Battalion,
320th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
7 January 1945
Place of death
Near Bastogne, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
B 10 3

Immediate family

Members
Lewis L. Love (father)
Inez K. (Van Blair ) Love (mother)
Elizabeth Love (sister)
Rex E. Love (brother)
Vivian M. (Mitcheltree) Love (wife)
Dianna B. Love (daughter)
Barry C. Love (son)

More information

Pfc Clarence C. Love graduated from Oskaloosa High School in 1930 and was employed at the Relable Department Store.

He enlisted at Camp Dodge, Herrold, Iowa on 20 April 1944 and was sent overseas in October 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 / Tracy Olive and Scott Adams Family Tree / 1940 Census, After Action Report 35th Infantry Division
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery, Oskaloosa High School 1927, Oskaloosa High School yearbook - 1945