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Personal info

Full name
CLARKE, William George
Date of birth
23 March 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Struthers, Mahoning County, Ohio
Hometown
Trumbull County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35500346
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
A Battery,
81st Airborne Anti-Aircraft Battalion,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
4 January 1945
Place of death
Near Bastogne, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
I 4 4

Immediate family

Members
Abel Clarke (father)
Ruth M. (Phillips) Clarke (mother)
Allen Clarke (brother)
Abel P. Clarke (brother)

More information

S/Sgt William G. Clarke was a metal worker before he enlisted at Camp Perry, Ohio on 26 March 1942.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Grand Failly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Hill Family Tree, http://www.ww2-airborne.us
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Dominique Portier, Hannah Majewski - Clarissa Clarke