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T/Sgt Clifford C. Turner was employed at the Bethlehem Steel Company.

He enlisted in Baltimore, Maryland on 5 January 1944.

He was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross posthumously. The citation cited: For extraordinary heroism in connection with military operations against an armed enemy while serving with Headquarters Company, 10th Armored Infantry Battalion, 4th Armored Division, in action against enemy forces in Germany, on 6 March 1945. During the advance of leading elements of the 4th Armored Division near Ulmen, Germany, Sergeant Turner went forward with a reconnaissance platoon to determine the size of the enemy force. Upon reaching the town his platoon was fired upon and Sergeant Turner was wounded. Despite his wounds he continued to lead the patrol. When his men were again fired upon by a group of the enemy at point blank range, Sergeant Turner deliberately threw himself in front of another soldier who was in the line of machine pistol fire and was killed by the first burst. The supreme, unselfish devotion to duty displayed by Technical Sergeant Turner in giving his life for his comrade exemplify the highest traditions of the military forces of the United States and reflect great credit upon himself, the 4th Armored Division, and the United States Army.