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Donald D. Claar

Sergeant Army World War II

Army
Army
Sergeant
Sergeant
Branch of Service
Army
Rank
Sergeant
Unit
318th Infantry Regiment, 80th Infantry Division
Conflict / Era
World War II
Years of Service
02/09/1945
Date of Death
02/09/1945
Hometown
Allen, OH
Awards & Decorations
Bronze Star, Purple Heart
Burial Location
Tablets of the Missing at Luxembourg American Cemetery, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
Monument Paver
Yes — Section L
Township (entering service)
Allen
Township (current / at death)
UNKNOWN
Church
UNKNOWN
School
Allen Center High School
Status
Killed in Action
When
02/09/1945
Where
Germany
Record Authenticated
Yes

Decorations

Bronze Star
Bronze Star
Purple Heart
Purple Heart

Biography

Church: UNKNOWN. School: Allen Center High School. Serial #35228783; body not recovered; MIA/KIA; MJT 50 Years Ago Article honoree Voice from the Stone November 11, 2007 Doris Story speaker

Source: No DD-214 recorded as of 10/12/2007; G.W. Claar; National Archives; American Battle Monuments Commission; National World War II Memorial; Evening Tribune, 02/28/1945; HEROES FROM THE HEARTLAND (Claudia Robinson Bartow, 2002), p. 45