SSgt Harry Allen Clawson (1919-1944)

SSgt Harry Allen Clawson Veteran

Birth

8 Nov 1919

Thatcher, Graham County, Arizona, USA

Death

6 Oct 1944 (aged 24)

Opheusden, Neder-Betuwe Municipality, Gelderland, Netherlands

Burial

Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial

Margraten, Eijsden-Margraten Municipality, Limburg, Netherlands Add to Map

Plot

Name is listed on the Tablets of the Missing with a Rosette, indicating remains have been recovered.

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Reported Missing In Action October 6, 1944 due to enemy artillery shelling and mortar fire during te battle of Opheusden, the Netherlands. In 1989 Clawson's remains were recovered and are interred at a private cemetery in Arizona.

Harry A. Clawson
Silver Star
AWARDED FOR ACTIONS
DURING World War II
Service: Army
Division: 101st Airborne Division
GENERAL ORDERS:
Headquarters, 101st Airborne Division, General Orders No. 7 (1944)
CITATION:
(Citation Needed): Harry A. Clawson, United States Army, is reported to have been awarded the Silver Star under the below-listed General Orders for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action against the enemy while serving with the 101st Airborne Division during World War I1.

He also was awarded the Bronze Star and Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster