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Personal info

Full name
CLINARD, Everett Lauher Jr
Date of birth
23 November 1920
Age
22
Place of birth
North Dakota
Hometown
Rantoul, Coles County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
O-728176
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
Navigator
Unit
323rd Bombardment Squadron,
91st Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster,
Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Missing in Action
Date of death
4 February 1943
Place of death
12 miles northwest of the western tip of Terschelling Island, the Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Walls of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Everett L. Clinard (father)
Gretchen M. (Hall) Clinard (mother)
Theodore C. Clinard (brother)
Donald L. Clinard (brother)
William R. Clinard (brother)
Charles A. Clinard (brother)

Plane data

Serial number
41-24544
Data
Type: B-17G
Nickname: Pennsylvania Polka
Destination: Hamm, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the marshalling yard
MACR: 3557/4635

More information

1st Lt Everett L. Clinard Jr. attended Charleston High School and the teachers' college.

He volunteered for the Air Corps of the Army of the United States at Chanute Field, Illinois on 9 February 1942.

The plane was attacked by fighters. On the return flight it was last seen shortly after 12.40 hrs about 12 miles of the western tip of Terschelling, The Netherlands. The plane crashed into the north sea in that area.

Lt Clinard is remembered at Oakland Cemetery in Oakland, Coles County, Illinois with a memorial marker.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, MACR 3557/4635, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Family Trees, www.newspapers.com - The Decatur Daily Review

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.ancestry.com - Charleston High School Yearbook 1946, www.findagrave.com - Donna Stewart