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HORNER, Clarence Meredith - Date of
birth
10 June 1911 -
Age
33 - Place of
birth
Ticonic, Monona County, Iowa -
Hometown
Onawa, Monona County, Iowa
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
37694126 -
Rank
Private First Class -
Function
unknown -
Unit
K Company,
3rd Battalion,
137th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
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Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Finding of Death - Date of
death
17 December 1944 - Place of
death
Blies River, Germany
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine - Tablets of the Missing
Immediate family
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Members
Charles S. Horner (father)
Dehlia (Ham) Horner (mother)
Millie G. Horner (sister)
Charles H. Horner (brother)
William M. Horner (brother)
Margaret G. Horner (sister)
Mildred E. (Collins) Horner (wife)
Richard M. Horner (son)
Eileen L. Horner (daughter)
Max M. Horner (son)
Kenneth D, Horner (son)
More information
Pfc Clarence M. Horner attended high school for one year and was a policeman before he enlisted at Camp Dodge, Iowa on 31 March 1944.He was a member of a patrol whose mission was to cross the Blies river and secure the high ground. While crossing the river his boat turned over and he was dragged under by his equipment.
He is remembered at the Riverside National Cemetery in Riverside, Riverside County, California.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Iowa WWII Bonus Case Files / McKelvy Garner Family Tree / 1940 Census, After Action Report 35th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - LJ
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Gracedv / Doug B