World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
Clarence W. Applegate
Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Toledo, Ohio
Honored By
Mrs. Celia M. Applegate
Relationship
Mother
Served first few weeks of training driving a jeep, then transferred to Infantry. During the fall of 1944, he was injured in France while fighting the Germans. His femur bone was damaged by shrapnel. He died from gangrene three minutes after Christmas Day, December 26, 1944.