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Personal info

Full name
CLINGERMAN, Hugh Albert
Date of birth
8 May 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Ohio
Hometown
Knox County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35619218
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
HQ & HQ Company,
56th Armored Infantry Battalion,
12th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 January 1945
Place of death
Rohrwiller, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
E 9 19

Immediate family

Members
Carl S. Clingerman (father)
Hazel M. (Orth) Clingerman (mother)
Paul E. Clingerman (brother)
Truman G. Clingerman (brother)
Harold R. Clingerman (brother)
Gerald F. Clingerman (brother)

More information

Pfc Hugh A. Clingerman worked on a farm before he enlisted in Columbus, Ohio on 18 December 1942.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Newson Kelley Tree, www.12tharmoredmuseum.com
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