Pfc. Jack I. Clevenger
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Pfc. Jack I.
Clevenger Apr. 13, 1924 – Dec. 31, 1944 Westview Cem., Monroe Co., Tn BSM – PH The War Department
has notified Mr. and Mrs. Carl Clevenger, of Sweetwater, that their son, Pfc.
Jack I. Clevenger was killed in action in Belgium on Dec. 31. He was their only son and was twenty years
of age. He had been with the Army
since February, 1943. A brother
Shirley Clevenger, was drowned near Lowe’s Ferry abut
three years ago. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SWEETWATER SOLDIER
KILLED IN BELGIUM SWEETWATER--
Pfc. Jack I. Clevenger, was killed in action Dec. 31 in Belgium, the War
Department notified the parents. He
was 20. Pfc.
Clevenger was inducted in February, 1943, and assigned to a tank outfit. He went overseas a year ago and was with
the Sixth Armored Division, Patton's Third Army. He
was employed formerly at Alcoa. A
brother Shirley Clevenger, was drowned at Lowe's Ferry three years ago. Pfc.
Clevenger was a nephew of Mrs. Stella C. Bales, Knox County General Sessions
Court deputy clerk, and a grandson of the late Rev. J.H. O. Clevenger. The
Knoxville News-Sentinel, Wed. Jan 17, 1945 U.S. World War II Army
Enlistment Records, 1938-1946
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