Clinton Monroe Hedrick
1918 - 1945 (26 years)-
Name Clinton Monroe Hedrick Born 1 May 1918 Pend. Co., Wv Gender Male Died 28 Mar 1945 Lembeck Castle, Lembeck, Germany Buried North Fork Mem., Cem., Riverton, Wv Person ID P23195 Arbogast Last Modified 13 Aug 2013
Father Preston Stephen Hedrick, b. 16 Sep 1880, d. 4 Nov 1948 (Age 68 years) Relationship Natural Mother Artie Mary (May) Bennett, b. 30 Dec 1890, Pend. Co., Wv , d. 10 Mar 1966 (Age 75 years) Relationship Natural Married 29 Nov 1913 , , Pendleton Co., Wv Family ID F6375 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - Mil: WWII; US Army, T/Sgt., I Co., 194th Glider Inf. Rgt, 17th Airborne Div;
killed in action at Lembeck, Germany, awarded Congressional Medal of Honor for
valor above and beyond the call of duty. Newspaper article in file from G. H.
The Main Post Stadium at Ft. Bragg, NC, is named in his honor with a bronze
plaque commemorating his bravery. Lembeck is near Wesel on the Rhine River.
- Mil: WWII; US Army, T/Sgt., I Co., 194th Glider Inf. Rgt, 17th Airborne Div;