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Personal info

Full name
CLARK, Matthew John
Date of birth
1 January 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York
Hometown
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York

Military service

Service number
O1319378
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
313th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 December 1944
Place of death
Near Scheibenhardt, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Matthew J. Clark (father)
Harriet Clark (sister)
Kenneth Clark (brother)
Mildred B. (Hanford) Clark (wife)

More information

2nd Lt Matthew J. Clark graduated from John Adams High School and was at the John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company.

He enlisted in New York City, New York on 20 March 1943. He was sent overseas in June 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry,com - U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / New York Marriage License Indexes, Combat History 79th Infantry Division, www.newspapers.com - The Brooklyn Daily Eagle 16 September 1945
Photo source: Peter Schouteten