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Personal info

Full name
YOUNGER, Clarence
Date of birth
30 December 1922
Age
21
Place of birth
St. Peter, Graham County, Kansas
Hometown
Tribune, Greeley County, Kansas

Military service

Service number
37519621
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
30th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
30 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Hill 781 near Le Tholy, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 30 19

Immediate family

Members
Joseph Younger (father)
Mary (Braun) Younger (mother)
Basillia Younger (sister)
Wendelin Younger (brother)
Amelia C. Younger (sister)
Leona Younger (sister)
Evelyn Younger (sister)
Anna Younger (sister)
Edwin Younger (brother)
Edna Younger (sister)

More information

Pfc Clarence Younger attended high school for three years and was a filling station attendant before he enlisted.

He enlisted at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas on 29 March 1943.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in the thorax.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Cards / several Family Trees, History 3rd Infantry Division WWII
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy