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Personal info

Full name
HASTON, Clarence Eugene Jr "Bud"
Date of birth
15 August 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Spencer, Van Buren County, Tennessee
Hometown
Warren County, Tennessee

Military service

Service number
14119110
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
Medical Detachment,
23rd Armored Infantry Battalion,
7th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
14 April 1945
Place of death
5.5 miles southeast of Deilinghofen, Hemer, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
H 13 25

Immediate family

Members
Clarence E. Haston Sr. (father)
Kathleen L. (Donaghy) Haston (mother)
Nancy J. Haston (sister)
Charles D. Haston (brother)

More information

T/5 Clarence E. Haston Jr. graduated from Central High School in McMinnville, Tennessee and attended a Post Grad year at Castle Heights Military School in Lebanon, Tennessee. For two years prior to his entry into the service he was a Pred-Med student at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville.

He joined the U.S. Army Reserve in Knoxville, Tennessee on 5 August 1942.

He was awarded the Purple Heart in December for wounds received in action. His leg was injured by shrapnel from a German trench mortar, but after having his injuries treated he returned to active duty.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, Charles D. Haston, Frans Onnou, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.7tharmddiv.org, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Records / 1940 Census / WWII Draft Card

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com - Elizabeth Anderson / Edith Kiser, Lars de Heus, Frans Onnou