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BUREN, Clifford Lloyd "Square" - Date of
birth
13 October 1921 -
Age
22 - Place of
birth
Iowa -
Hometown
West Salem, Polk County, Oregon
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
39312844 -
Rank
Sergeant -
Function
Squad Leader -
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
506th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
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Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
6 October 1944 - Place of
death
Opheusden, The Netherlands
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten - Walls of the Missing
Immediate family
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Members
Neal Buren (father)
Johanna (Overman) Buren (mother)
Gladys B. Buren (sister)
Loraine L. Buren (brother)
Linford D. Buren (brother)
More information
Sgt Clifford L. Buren attended high school for three years and was a chauffeur.He enlisted in Portland, Oregon on 20 July 1942.
He participated in the D-Day invasion in Normandy, France.
Together with two other men in his squad, he was killed by an exploding grenade. His last words were "My god, I'm dying".
His father and his grandparents from his mother's side were born in the Netherlands.
Source of information: Jasper van Haren, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, Marketgarden.com, www.ww2-airborne.us, www.newspapers.com - Daily Capital Journal (Salem, Oregon), www.ancestry.com - Family Tree
Photo source: Jasper van Haren