World War II Honoree

Clifford G. Zeller

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Valley View, North Dakota

Honored By

Orville L. Kline

Rank: Sergeant. Inducted into the United States Army from North Dakota, with recruit training at Camp Bowie, Texas. Upon his graduation from Boot Camp, he was transferred to Camp Hood, Texas for combat infantry and tank training. He served as a Tank Commander with Bravo Company an element of the 814th Tank Destroyer Battalion. His battalion was deployed to the European Theater of Operations, going ashore on Utah Beach, France August 8, 1944 attached to the Seventh Armored Division. Reported missing in action Thursday, September 7, 1944, during combat operations against the German armed forces, in the vicinity of Rezonville, France. In remembrance of the brave, his name is permanently inscribed in the tablets of the missing, memorialized in the Tablets of the Missing at Luxembourg American Cemetery Location: Luxembourg City, Luxembourg. In his Memory and Honor, a cenotaph memorial has been placed at Arlington National Cemetery Location: Fort Myer Arlington, Virginia. This American Patriot was awarded the Purple Heart, for his ultimate sacrifice.