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Personal info

Full name
SPIES, Clair Robert "Bob"
Date of birth
7 January 1919
Age
26
Place of birth
Medina, Medina County, Ohio
Hometown
Medina, Medina County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35843744
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
61st Armored Infantry Battalion,
10th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 February 1945
Place of death
Near Trier, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 7 64

Immediate family

Members
Clair L. Spies (father)
Minnie B. (Gern) Spies (mother)
Alice I. Spies (sister)
Wilma W. Spies (sister)
Floyd C. Spies (brother)
Geraldine V. Spies (sister)
Jack F. Spies (sister)
Rose E. Spies (sister)
Joy B. Spies (sister)
Arlene Spies (sister)
Buddy Spies (brother)
James Spies (brother)
Mary M. (Herman) Spies (wife)
Robert T. Spies (son)
Sherry L. Spies (daughter)

More information

Pfc Clair R. Spies was employed at the Larson Foundry before he enlisted at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana on 21 June 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, www.10tharmored.com, www.findagrave.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery