FULL NAME:

Clarence E. Hornback

ARMY SERIAL NUMBER (ASN):

35799825

  • DATE OF BIRTH: Jul 19, 1917
  • DATE OF DEATH: Mar 1, 1994
RESIDENCE (DURING WWII):

Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio

DATE / PLACE OF ENLISTMENT:
  • DATE OF ENLISTMENT:
    Apr 19, 1943
  • PLACE OF ENLISTMENT:
    Cincinnati, Ohio
ORGANIZATION:
  • MAIN UNIT:
    9th Infantry Regiment
  • SUBUNIT:
    Company A, 1st Battalion
RANK / POSITION IN UNIT (LAST KNOWN):
  • RANK:
    Staff Sergeant (S/Sgt.)
  • POSITION IN UNIT:
    Platoon Guide
BATTLES AND CAMPAIGNS:

✭ Normandy Campaign (6 June – 24 July 1944), ✭ Northern France Campaign (25 July – 14 September 1944), ✭ Ardennes-Alsace Campaign (16 December 1944 – 25 January 1945), ✭ Rhineland Campaign (15 September 1944 – 21 March 1945), ✭ Central Europe Campaign (22 March – 11 May 1945)

DECORATIONS AND CITATIONS (AWARDS):

🎖Purple Heart, 🎖Good Conduct Medal, 🎖European–African–Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, 🎖WWII Victory Medal, 🎖Honorable Service Lapel Button

STATUS:
  • CATEGORY:
    Wounded In Action (WIA)
  • DATE:
    August 1944
  • LOCATION:
    France
  • NOTES:
    First Location: Buttock and hip; Causative Agent: Artillery Shell, Fragments, Afoot or unspecified
HONORED BY:

Margaret Turner, Daughter

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File Unit: Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938 - 1946 (Enlistment Records)
in the Series: World War II Army Enlistment Records, created 6/1/2002 - 9/30/2002, documenting the period ca. 1938 - 1946. - Record Group 64 (info)

Brief Scope: This series contains records of approximately nine million men and women who enlisted in the United States Army, including the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps.

Source: aad.archives.gov/aad/
SOLDIER RECORD:
Full Name
Army Serial Number
Enlistment Place
Enlistment Date
Army Branch
Branch
Race or Ethnicity
Residence
Enlistment Term
Source of Army Personnel
Army Component
Level of Education
Occupation
Marital Status
Birth Date
Birth Place
Source Box Number
Source Film Reel Number
Conflict Period
Served for

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