World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Clenon Earnest
Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Hueytown, Alabama
Honored By
George Weck
Relationship
Friend
SERVED AS A STAFF SERGEANT FROM 1943 TO 1945 WITH THE 15TH AIRFORCE, 725TH BOMBARDMENT SQUADRON, 451ST BOMB GROUP IN THE EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS. CAPTURED AND HELD AS A PRISONER OF WAR OF THE THIRD REICH FROM 1944 TO 1945 IN GERMANY AND AUSTRIA. RECEIVED THE PURPLE HEART MEDAL.