Clifford Raymond Iken (1920 - 1943)

Born 24 May 1920 in Fargo, Cass, North Dakota, United States

Ancestors

Died 11 Jul 1943 at age 23 in Italy

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Biography

Clifford was born in 1920 in North Dakota. He was the son of Herman Iken and Katie Thibadeau.

Military Service WW II

He enlisted for military service on 1 April 1941 at Fargo, North Dakota. His civilian occupation was listed as: "Semiskilled chauffeurs and drivers, bus, taxi, truck, and tractor."

He was serving as a Corporal in the U.S. Army, 376th Field Artillery Battalion, 82nd Airborne Division, in the area of the Mediterranean Sea, when he was declared Missing In Action in 1943.

He was never found and his death was declared on July 1, 1943. He is commemorated at the Sicily-Rome American Cemetery in Nettuno, Italy. He was awarded the Purple Heart.

Sources

• "North Dakota Census, 1925," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK9H-3HK1 : 17 March 2018), Clifford Iken in household of Herman Iken, Fargo, Cass, North Dakota, United States; citing sheet number 34, family number 20, State Historical Society of North Dakota; FHL microfilm 1,731,395.

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XKJ1-M6B : accessed 23 July 2019), Clifford Iken in household of Herman Iken, Fargo, Cass, North Dakota, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 30, sheet 11A, line 9, family 186, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1733; FHL microfilm 2,341,467.

• "United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8G5-4YQ : 5 December 2014), Clifford R Iken, enlisted 01 Apr 1941, Fargo, North Dakota, United States; citing "Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938-1946," database, The National Archives: Access to Archival Databases (AAD) (http://aad.archives.gov : National Archives and Records Administration, 2002); NARA NAID 1263923, National Archives at College Park, Maryland.

• Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56310377/clifford-r-iken : accessed 22 July 2019), memorial page for Corp Clifford R Iken (unknown–11 Jul 1943), Find A Grave Memorial no. 56310377, citing Sicily-Rome American Cemetery and Memorial, Nettuno, Città Metropolitana di Roma Capitale, Lazio, Italy ; Maintained by CWGC/ABMC (contributor 6) .

• Corporal Clifford R. Iken - MIA, Department of Veterans Affairs, State of North Dakota, at: https://www.nd.gov/veterans/heroes/clifford-r-iken

• Clifford R Iken, Honor States.org at: https://www.honorstates.org/index.php?id=80805

• Clifford R Iken, National World War II Memorial, at: http://www.wwiimemorial.com/Registry/plaque_tabletsmissing.aspx?HonoreeID=726086