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Personal info

Full name
HANES, Clarence Eugene
Date of birth
12 April 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Las Vegas, San Miguel County, New Mexico
Hometown
Denver, Denver County, Colorado

Military service

Service number
37340646
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
513th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
17th Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
1 April 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
M 4 11

Immediate family

Members
Avelina V. Hanes (mother)
Sterling A. Hanes (brother)

More information

Pfc Clarence E. Hanes enlisted on 25 January 1943.

He died of wounds sustained during Operation Varsity.

Source of information: Terry Hirsch, Tom Verheijden, Laura Phillips, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census, http://www.ww2-airborne.us/units/513/513_honor.html, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: www.findagrave.com, Laura Phillips