CLAWSON, Harry Allen  
 
PERSONALIA
 
Name:  Clawson, Harry Allen
Date of birth: November 8th, 1919 (Thatcher/Arizona, United States)
Date of death:  October 6th, 1944 (Opheusden/province of Gelderland, Netherlands)
Buried on:  Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial
Nationality:  American
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.
     
SILVER STAR
Rank: Staff Sergeant (Sergeant-Major)
Unit: Company H, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division "Screaming Eagles", U.S. Army
Awarded on: June 20th, 1944
Action: For action performed at June 1944, near Carentan/Manche département, Basse-Normandie, France.
Details: Citation unavailable.
 
     
BRONZE STAR (BS)
Rank: Staff Sergeant (Sergeant-Major)
Unit: Company H, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division "Screaming Eagles", U.S. Army
 
     
PURPLE HEART
Rank: Staff Sergeant (Sergeant-Major)
Unit: Company H, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division "Screaming Eagles", U.S. Army
 
     
PURPLE HEART
Rank: Staff Sergeant (Sergeant-Major)
Unit: Company H, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division "Screaming Eagles", U.S. Army
Details: 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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