Dreesman, Clarence Russell

Rank: Technician Fifth Grade

Unit: Headquarters & Service Troop, 44th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, 11th Cavalry Group (Mecz)

Awards: Purple Heart Medal

Entered service: 4-Sep-1942

Date of birth: 11-Mar-1920

Hometown: Holland, Grundy County, Iowa

Marital status: Single. Parents: Thomas Dreesman, Mary [Venenga] Dreesman

Campaign: World War II

Date of casualty: 29-Dec-1944

Age at death: 24

Cause of death: Killed in action.

Location of fatality: Near Roer River, Germany

Place of interment: Holland Cemetery, Holland, Iowa, USA
Originally buried in the United States Military Cemetery, Margraten, Holland. Repatriated April 1949.

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