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Personal info

Full name
POWER, Clifton Harold
Date of birth
22 September 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Somerville, Middlesex County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31233387
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
I Company,
3rd Battalion,
405th Infantry Regiment,
102nd Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
3 March 1945
Place of death
Near Krefeld, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
C 2 2

Immediate family

Members
Clifton E. Power (father)
Margaret F. (Hayes) Power (mother)
James E. Power (brother)
John I. Power (brother)
Joseph E. Power (brother)
Marian J. Power (sister)
Gertrude J. Power (sister)
William R. Power (brother)
Frank E. Power (brother)
George C. Power (brother)

More information

Pfc Clifton H. Power attended high school for two years and was employed at Harvard University.

He enlisted in Boston, Massachusetts on 19 November 1942.

Source of information: André Koch, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Darby Family Tree, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Stephen Power (nephew)