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Personal info

Full name
WILLIAMS, Clarence Allen
Date of birth
29 August 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Alabama, Genesee County, New York
Hometown
New York

Military service

Service number
12239150
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
I Company,
3rd Battalion,
377th Infantry Regiment,
95th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
10 November 1944
Place of death
Metz, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
B 33 11

Immediate family

Members
Clarence A. Williams (father)
Florence L. (McEwan) Williams (mother)
Norma J. Williams (sister)

More information

Pfc Clarence A. Williams graduated from Batavia High School in 1943 and attended Hamilton College at Clinton for 1 year.

He joined the Army in Utica, New York on 25 August 1943. He was selected for the Army Specialized Training Program at Carnegie Technical University until the program was abandoned. He was sent overseas on 15 August 1944.

He was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Limey, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com - A Grateful American, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, http://mathieu.gitzhofer.free.fr/irongb.php
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Gold Star Memorial Book - Genesee County, NY