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Personal info

Full name
MITCHELL, Clyde Emerson
Date of birth
23 August 1908
Age
36
Place of birth
Pleasant Valley, Scott County, Kentucky
Hometown
Myers, Nicholas County, Kentucky

Military service

Service number
15060224
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
11th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
25 January 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Merscheid-Hoscheid, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 15 4

Immediate family

Members
Gibby N. Mitchell (father)
Minnie Mitchell (mother)
Julian Mitchell (brother)
Thelda Mitchell (sister)
Glada Mitchell (sister)

More information

Pvt Clyde E. Mitchell joined the Regular Army at Ft. Benjamin Harrison, Indiana on 29 October 1940.
He worked on a farm before he enlisted.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Records, www.ancestry.com – 1910/1920/1930 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record, A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery