Ahrens, Clarence Robert

Rank and Name, Corporal Clarence Robert Ahrens.

Unit/Placed in, 13^th Infantry Regiment, 8^th Infantry Division “Golden Arrow”.

Clarence is born on 16 May 1911 in Kenosha, Kenosha County, Wisconsin.

Father, George L. Ahrens.

Mother, Lillian Maud (Rey) Ahrens.

Brother(s), George Walter Ahrens.

Clarence enlisted the service in New Jersey with service number # 32153808.

Clarence was KIA at “Hill 88” by artillery or machine gun fire from the German defenders on Aug. 28, 1944, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Combat Infantry Badge, Marksmanship Badge, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

Clarence is buried/mentioned at Brittany American Cemetery and Memorial, Saint-James, Departement de la Manche, Basse-Normandie, France.

Thanks to http://www.fatherswar.com/8thinfdiv/ https://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USA/USA-E-Breakout/USA-E-Breakout-30.html

https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/GSHW-77V

Jean Louis Vijgen, ww2-Pacific.com ww2-europe.com

Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.

ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov

Marines Info, https://missingmarines.com/ Geoffrey Roecker

Seabees History Bob Smith https://seabeehf.org/

Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org

POW Info, http://www.mansell.com Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.

Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/ Robert Capistrano

Navy Seal Memorial, http://www.navysealmemorials.com