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| PFC Clarence Malott landed on Omaha Beach with the 18th Infantry Regiment on D-Day. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/12802566/clarence-malott Gravestone photo provided by Clarence's great great grand niece Erica Schultz-Collins |
Clarence Malott never had a chance to reach 100 years old today. Instead, he sacrificed his life for our freedom.
He was born on February 17, 1919 in Ohio. His parents Clarence and Kate were also both born in Ohio. His father worked as an ice company fireman and later as a janitor. Clarence had five older sisters. By 1940 Clarence had completed two years of high school and was living at home with his parents. He was working as a painter.
He was drafted into the army on March 6, 1941. He became a private first class in one of the HQ companies in the 18th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division.
PFC Malott was wounded while the 1st Infantry Division was fighting in North Africa. He recovered enough to serve with his division in Tunisia and Sicily. The 1st ID was next sent to England to prepare for the Normandy invasion.
The 18th IR landed on Omaha Beach at Easy Red on D-Day June 6,1944 at 0930. Casualties were light, compared to the units that arrived earlier. PFC Malott was wounded on the beach and died later that day.
His grave is at Laurel IOOF Cemetery in Madisonville, Ohio.
Last year on this date I profiled B-17 bombardier Kenneth Foote. You can read about Kenneth here.
On behalf of the fallen, if you would like to see more people become aware of this project to honor the WW2 fallen, be sure to share with others on Twitter, Facebook, etc. Thanks for your interest!
I created this video to explain why I started this project: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXt8QA481lY.
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