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Personal info

Full name
CLEMENT, Robert L Jr
Date of birth
1 June 1926
Age
18
Place of birth
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan
Hometown
Birmingham, Oakland County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36468551
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Rifleman
Unit
513th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
17th Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 March 1945
Place of death
1.24 miles west of Hamminkeln, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
E 16 24

Immediate family

Members
Robert L. Clement (father)
Clara T. (Jones) Clement (mother)
Laura J. Churchill (half-sister)

More information

Pfc Robert L. Clement Jr. was a student at Birmingham High School before he enlisted at Fort Sheridan, Illinois on 15 June 1944.

Source of information: www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / WWII Enlistment Record / Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867-1952, Book: The Last Drop  24-25 March 1945 by Stephen L. Wright, 17th Airborne Division Historical Report of Operation Varsity

Photo source: Tom Verheijden, Yearbook Birmingham Library, The Birmingham Eccentric - 26 April 1945