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Personal info

Full name
CLINGAN, Alfred "Shorty"
Date of birth
25 April 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Tishomingo, Tishomingo County, Mississippi
Hometown
Cullman County, Alabama

Military service

Service number
34977280
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
134th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
4 January 1945
Place of death
Northeast of Lutrebois, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 3 35

Immediate family

Members
David T. Clingan (father)
Emma (Roberson) Clingan (mother)
Elvie V. Clingan (brother)
Woodrow Clingan (brother)
Travis Nelson (half-brother)
Edd Nelson (half-brother)
Lena Nelson (half-sister)
Irene Nelson (half-sister)
Florence I. (Hasenbein) Clingan (wife)
Bobbie D. Clingan (son)

More information

Pvt Alfred Clingan was a driver before he enlisted at Fort McPherson, Georgia on 5 April 1944. He was sent overseas in October 1944.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in his stomach.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Ralph Peeters, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / West Family Tree / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, After Action Report 35th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - MAJ Jimmy Cotton / Astrid
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery, www.newspapers.com - The Cullman Democrat 15 February 1945