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Grave marker for Phillip Klinefelter in the
Woodlawn Memorial Park, Fort Smith (Sebastian county), Arkansas.
John enlisted in
the Army at Little Rock, AR on 9 October 1942. He was
assigned to Company B and remained in that company throughput
the war. He was appointed as a Corporal in just six months
and to Sergeant a year after that. His final rank was Staff
Sergeant.
He was awarded the
Purple Heart when he was wounded on 9 June 1944 in France and
then received an Oak Leaf Cluster for a wound sustained on 20
September 1944 in Holland.
SSgt was awarded the Bronze Service Star device
for his participation in the Normandy assault. |
