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Personal info

Full name
BARTHELMES, Clifford
Date of birth
1917
Age
unknown
Place of birth
New York
Hometown
Orange County, New York

Military service

Service number
O-1322510
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
26th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
15 October 1944
Place of death
Aachen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
E 9 32

Immediate family

Members
John Barthelmes (father)
Nettie (Fiarris) Barthelmes (mother)
Marian Barthelmes (sister)
Robert Barthelmes (brother)
Olga M. Barthelmes (wife)

More information

2nd Lt Clifford Barthelmes enlisted in New York City, New York on 17 March 1941 as a private. He attended high school for 4 years and was a glazier before he enlisted.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, Carla Mans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, Middletown Times Herald, www.history.army.mil/html/bookshelves/resmat/ww2list.html

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, U.S. School Yearbooks Port Jervis High School 1935