CG

Clarence William Gamble

Private Army World War II

Army
Army
Private
Private
Branch of Service
Army
Rank
Private
Unit
141st Regiment, 36th Infantry Division
Conflict / Era
World War II
Years of Service
1942 – 1945
Date of Birth
03/08/1921
Date of Death
01/08/2008
Hometown
Dover, OH
Awards & Decorations
Purple Heart, Good Conduct Medal; European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal
Burial Location
Dover Twp: Mt. Herman
Monument Paver
Yes — Section D
Overseas Service
Sicily
Township (entering service)
Dover
Township (current / at death)
Dover
Church
New Dover United Methodist Church
School
Marysville High School
Status
Prisoner of War
When
01/23/1944
Where
Germany
Record Authenticated
Yes

Decorations

Purple Heart
Purple Heart
Good Conduct Medal
Good Conduct Medal

Biography

Overseas service: Sicily. Church: New Dover United Methodist Church. School: Marysville High School. Serial #15116299; imprisoned at Stalag 3B Furstenberg Brandenburg, Prussia (Also KDOS [USA] #1-5; ARB BTNS 225-255) 52-14; reported missing in action in Italy, 1/23/1944; served as a medic, which allowed him to treat other American prisoners of war while captured; member of VFW Post 3320 and American Legion Post 79; obituary lists POW camp as 11B, military POW records list camp as 3B; POW

Source: Veterans Service Office; National Archives; G.W. Claar; Obituary File, Marysville Public Library; Obituary from MARYSVILLE-JOURNAL TRIBUNE, 01/2008; | Recorder's Certificate of Discharge, Union County Recorder's Office, Vol. 3, p. 212; MJT Obit