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| Cpl. Clarence Landry served in the 775th Tank Bn in Luzon. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/159958268/clarence-j-landry https://www.pinterest.com/pin/412009065894965165/?lp=true |
Clarence J. Landry never had a chance to reach 100 years old today. Instead, he sacrificed his life for our freedom.
He was born on August 11, 1919 in Louisiana. His parents Joseph and Elona were also both born in Louisiana. His mother lived to age 98. His father worked as a carpenter and later as a factory laborer. Clarence had one older sister who lived to age 103. By 1940 he was attending Southwestern Louisiana Institute of Liberal and Technical Learning. At some point he married Genevieve LeBlanc.
He enlisted in the US Army on September 8, 1942. He went overseas in May 1944. He became a corporal in Company B, 775th Tank Battalion which served in the Pacific Theater. During the battle to take Luzon, the 775th TB was assigned to assist the 32nd Infantry Division beginning in February 1945. It was switched over to assist the 33rd Infantry Division and by June the 37th Infantry Division.
On the way to Santiago to catch up with the 37th ID, Company B was ambushed by a superior force of Japanese soldiers. Cpl. Landry was likely a casualty of this engagement. He died on June 13, 1945. This was pretty much the last fighting of the war for Company B.
His grave is at Sacred Heart Cemetery in Broussard, Louisiana. I don't know what happened to his wife.
Last year on this date I profiled B-24 engineer Walter Piskor, killed by the Hiroshima atomic bomb. You can read about Walter here.
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