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Personal info

Full name
DIGRUGILLERS, Clement Charles
Date of birth
20 November 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Beaverdale, Cambria County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York

Military service

Service number
32340887
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
104th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
14 March 1945
Place of death
Near Merzig, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
A 5 22

Immediate family

Members
Louis Digrugillers (father)
Harriet (Dellysse) Digrugillers (mother)
Homer Digrugillers (brother)
Louis Digrugillers (brother)
Leone Digrugillers (sister)
Coralie Digrugillers (sister)

More information

Sgt Clement C. Digrugillers attended high school for three years and was a shipping and receiving clerk before he enlisted at Fort Jay, New York on 21 May 1942.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments to his head and leg.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files / 1930 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.fold3.com - 26th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - Coleman
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery