- SURNAME
Clawson
- FORENAME
Harry Allen
- UNIT
506 Parachute Infantry Regiment (Company H)
- RANK
Staff Sergeant
- NUMBER
19106658
- DATE OF DEATH
6th October 1944
- AGE
24
- GRAVESITE
Thatcher Cemetery, Thatcher, Graham County, Arizona
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
from Graham County, Arizona
born 8.11.1919 Thatcher, Graham County, Arizona
son of Charles Moses, Jr (1887-1945) and Edna (nee Allen) Clawson (1893-1977)
1 year college
civil occupation structural and ornamental metal worker
self employed
resided Box 43, Safford, Graham County, Arizona (draft card)
01.07.1941 draft card Safford, Graham County, Arizona
married upon enlistment
husband of Melba Busby Clawson (later Case) (1917-2008) (married 9.5.1937)
3 children (Sharon 1938-2022), (Rodney Elroy 1942-2022)
02.09.1942 entered service Phoenix, Arizona
awards Silver Star, Bronze Star
KIA Opheusden, Holland
Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, Netherlands Tablets of the Missing
remains found December 1971
buried 8.5.1972 Thatcher Cemetery, Thatcher, Graham County, Arizona
DATE OF DEATH:
06-Oct-1944AWARD:
https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?threads/clawson-harry-allen.33923/CITATION:
Silver Star : A member of the 101st Airborne Division, he displayed outstanding courage as a volunteer of a group assaulting enemy positions of June 6, 1944, about two and one half miles east of Carenten, France. Crossing a 283-foot bridge in the face of strong enemy machinegun and small arms fire, he and his group forced the enemy temporarily to withdraw. This enabled his own forces to reorganise against enemy courterattack. His conduct was in accordance with the highest standards of military service.
WEB LINKS:
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56297630/harry-allen-clawson (Tablets of the Missing)FINDAGRAVE:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/39568187/harry-allen-clawson
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