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CLAWSON, Harry Allen |
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PERSONALIA |
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Name: |
Clawson, Harry Allen |
Date of birth: | November 8th, 1919 (Thatcher/Arizona, United States)
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Date of death: |
October 6th, 1944 (Opheusden/province of Gelderland, Netherlands)
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Buried on: |
Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial |
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American |
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BIOGRAPHY:
His name is listed on the Wall of Missings at the Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial in Margraten, Province of Limburg, the Netherlands.
His remains have been recovered in December 1971.
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SILVER STAR
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Rank:
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Staff Sergeant (Sergeant-Major)
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Unit:
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Company H, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division "Screaming Eagles", U.S. Army
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Awarded on:
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June 20th, 1944
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Action:
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For action performed at June 1944, near Carentan/Manche département, Basse-Normandie, France.
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Details:
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Citation unavailable.
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BRONZE STAR (BS)
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Rank:
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Staff Sergeant (Sergeant-Major)
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Unit:
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Company H, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division "Screaming Eagles", U.S. Army
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PURPLE HEART
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Rank:
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Staff Sergeant (Sergeant-Major)
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Unit:
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Company H, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division "Screaming Eagles", U.S. Army
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PURPLE HEART
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Rank:
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Staff Sergeant (Sergeant-Major)
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Unit:
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Company H, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division "Screaming Eagles", U.S. Army
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Details:
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This award was obtained in the form of an Oak Leave to be attached on the ribbon of the first award.
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Information source(s): |
- Bando, M., 101st Airborne: The Screaming Eagles in World War II, Zenith Press, St. Paul/Minnesota, USA, 2007
- Rapport, L., Northwood Jr., A, Rendezvous with Destiny – A History of the 101st Airborne Division, The Battery Press, Nashville, USA, 2000 (reprint of the original 1948 edition not the later 1965 second edition)
- ww2-airborne.us
- Band-of-Brothers.nl
- Moses Clawson.com
- American Battle Monuments Commission
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