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Delmas C. "Del" Clevenger

Technician 5th Grade Army World War II

Army
Army
Branch of Service
Army
Rank
Technician 5th Grade
Unit
Headquarters Battery, 379th Anti-Aircraft Battalion
Conflict / Era
World War II
Years of Service
1942 – 1945
Date of Birth
03/18/1912
Date of Death
04/09/2004
Hometown
Leesburg, OH
Awards & Decorations
Good Conduct Medal; American Campaign Medal European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with 2 campaign stars; World War II Victory Medal; Expert Marksmanship Badge (rifle); Marksmanship Badge (submachine gun, carbine)
Burial Location
Leesburg Twp: Hopewell
Monument Paver
Yes — Section B
Overseas Service
Rhineland; Central Europe
Township (entering service)
Leesburg
Township (current / at death)
Paris
Church
First United Methodist Church, Marysville, Ohio
School
Richwood High School
Record Authenticated
Yes

Decorations

Good Conduct Medal
Good Conduct Medal

Biography

Overseas service: Rhineland; Central Europe. Church: First United Methodist Church, Marysville, Ohio. School: Richwood High School. Serial #35415859; born in Union County, Ohio; enlisted 08/27/1942, Columbus, Ohio; entered active service 09/10/1942; served 1 year and 22 days of foreign service; military occupational specialty, lineman - telephone; honorably discharged 12/26/1945, Unit B Separation Center #45, Indiantown Gap Military Reservation, Pennsylvania; member of American Legion and VFW; member of the State Highway Patrol Auxiliary 8-26-2011 Report of Separation removed from file (privacy law) by E. Carmany

Source: Veteran form submitted 06/03/2004 by son, Robert Clevenger; Enlisted Record and Report of Separation, Union Co. Recorder's Office, Vol. 4, p. 204; obituary, Marysville Journal-Tribune, 04/10/2004 and 04/12/2004