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Personal info

Full name
CLOUSER, Francis E
Date of birth
22 November 1923
Age
20
Place of birth
Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Fayette County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
13011773
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
I Company,
3rd Battalion,
377th Infantry Regiment,
95th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
3 November 1944
Place of death
Mazieres-les-Metz, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 30 56

Immediate family

Members
Francis M. Clouser (father)
Helen M. (Kapinus) Clouser (mother)
Mabel J. Clouser (sister)
Margaret Clouser (sister)
Dorothy Clouser (sister)

More information

Pvt Francis E. Clouser joined the Regular Army in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on 30 October 1940. He attended Perry Township High School and had been overseas five months.

While out on patrol Pvt Clouser was ambushed and killed.
He was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Andilly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Astrid van Erp, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Pennsylvania, Veteran Compensation Application Files WWII /Anema Family Tree, http://mathieu.gitzhofer.free.fr/irongb.php, www.newspapers.com - The Daily Courier

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