Ens. Henry Clausen Jr.
Born: 19 January 1921 – Oak Park, Illinois
Parents: Henry Clausen Sr. and Clarabel Barker-Clausen
Hometown:
– 818 North Fifth Avenue, Maywood, Illinois
Education:
– Lincoln Grade School
– Proviso Township High School
– Graduating Class: 1938
– Northwestern University
– Class of 1942
Selective Service Registration: 16 February 1942
– Contact Person: Henry Clausen Sr. – father
– registered while a student at Northwestern University
Married: Yvonne I. Perrin
Son: Charles
Home:
– 179 East Chestnut Street – Chicago, Illinois
Enlisted:
– The U.S. Navy
– Unknown
Serial Number: O&325002
Training:
– Officers Indoctrination School, Quonset Point, Rhode Island
– Radar School – Sea Island, Georgia
Rank: Ensign
Ship: U.S.S. Petrof Bay – escort carrier
Engagements:
– Battle of South Palau Islands
– Battle of Leyte Gulf
– Lingayen Gulf Landings
– Subic Bay Landings
– Battle of Iowa Jima
– Battle of Okinawa
Died:
– 21 March 1945 – Okinawa – from injuries after wave swept him into a bulkhead
– buried at sea
Memorial:
– Tablets of the Missing
– American Military Cemetery – Manila, Philippine Islands
