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Full name
HOLLINGSWORTH, Clarence King
Date of birth
22 November 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
South Carolina
Hometown
Troy, McCormick County, South Carolina

Military service

Service number
O-414351
Rank
Lieutenant Colonel
Function
unknown
Unit
3rd Battalion,
28th Infantry Regiment,
8th Infantry Division
Awards
Distinguished Service Cross,
Silver Star

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
16 May 1945
Place of death
France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
B 39 42

Immediate family

Members
Ernest L. Hollingsworth (father)
Agnes (Dalton) Hollingsworth (mother)
Christopher Hollingsworth (brother)
Vivian L. (McDowell) Hollingsworth (wife)

Biography

https://cualumni.clemson.edu/page.aspx?pid=1645

More information

Lt Col Clarence K. Hollingsworth enlisted at Fort Jackson and was sent overseas in December 1943. For a short time he was in Ireland and arrived in France on 5 July 1944.

He was wounded on 14 April 1945 in Wintersberg, Germany after single handedly capturing nine enemies. He died on 16 May 1945 from these wounds in a hospital in France.

He is remembered at the Bethany Baptist Cemetery, McCormick County, South Carolina.

Source of information: Laura Phillips, Terry Hirsch, Hannah Majewski, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.findagrave.com, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, https://army.togetherweserved.com, https://soh.alumni.clemson.edu/scroll/clarence-king-hollingsworth/

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, Laura Phillips, https://cualumni.clemson.edu/page.aspx?pid=1645