- SURNAME
Clemmer
- FORENAME
Uriah Matthews,Jr (Jack)
- UNIT
3 Bn (Khaki Combat Team)
- RANK
Captain
- NUMBER
- AWARD
Bronze Star
- PLACE
Burma 1944
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
from Greene County,Tennessee
born 26.7.1915 Midway,Tennessee
son of Uriah Matthews and Lucy (nee Greer) Clemmer
graduated East Tennessee State College 1938
commissioned April 1940 Fort Jackson,South Carolina (2 Lt)
Marauders December 1943 - 1944 (Captain)
Liaison Officer to Allied Chinese Army/i/c training,Chinese Combat Command Forces,North Burma (Major) 1944-45
310 Infantry Regiment (C.O.) (Lt Colonel) 1945
math teacher/assistant Principal,Greeneville High School 1947-52
recalled to service 1952
1 Bn 61st Infantry Regiment (C.O.)
Regimental Adviser to 5th ROKA Division,Korean War
retired as Lieutenant Colonel,US Army
awards Bronze Star with oak leaf cluster,Purple Heart
Principal,Greeneville High School 1956
graduated University of Tennessee 1958
graduated Brigham Young University 1972
Professor.Columbia State Community College 1970-81
married Virginia Kiser Rader 21.8.1943 (1919-2003) (1 son,4 daughters)
last residence 340 Clemmer Drive,Chuckey,Tennessee
died 3.5.2003 Chuckey,Tennessee
Oak Grove Cemetery,Greeneville,Greene County,Tennessee
born 26.7.1915 Midway,Tennessee
son of Uriah Matthews and Lucy (nee Greer) Clemmer
graduated East Tennessee State College 1938
commissioned April 1940 Fort Jackson,South Carolina (2 Lt)
Marauders December 1943 - 1944 (Captain)
Liaison Officer to Allied Chinese Army/i/c training,Chinese Combat Command Forces,North Burma (Major) 1944-45
310 Infantry Regiment (C.O.) (Lt Colonel) 1945
math teacher/assistant Principal,Greeneville High School 1947-52
recalled to service 1952
1 Bn 61st Infantry Regiment (C.O.)
Regimental Adviser to 5th ROKA Division,Korean War
retired as Lieutenant Colonel,US Army
awards Bronze Star with oak leaf cluster,Purple Heart
Principal,Greeneville High School 1956
graduated University of Tennessee 1958
graduated Brigham Young University 1972
Professor.Columbia State Community College 1970-81
married Virginia Kiser Rader 21.8.1943 (1919-2003) (1 son,4 daughters)
last residence 340 Clemmer Drive,Chuckey,Tennessee
died 3.5.2003 Chuckey,Tennessee
Oak Grove Cemetery,Greeneville,Greene County,Tennessee
