Russell Edwin Clevenger

BRANCH OF SERVICE
U.S. Army

RANK
Corporal - WWII

HOMETOWN
Orleans, IN

HONORED BY
Grateful American


Enlisted on 15 November 1939. Served with the 1st Armored Division 13th Armored Regiment 1st Battalion Headquarters Company. Sailed for Ireland on 10 May 1941 Arrived on 16 May 1941. Sailed from Glasgow, Scotland entered the Mediterranean Sea byway of Straits of Gibraltar 8 November 1941 landing approximately 30 miles from Oran,French Morocco and on to Tunisia against Rommel's German Armored Divisions. Was disabled at Ferryville, French Morocco and evacuated to a hospital in Casablanca and back to the United States on 8 August 1943. 30 September 1945 Honorably Discharged at Fletcher General Hospital,Cambridge, Ohio because of Disability.