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Private Benjamin Otis Clarke Veteran

Birth
Milbank, Grant County, South Dakota, USA
Death
25 May 1917 (aged 23)
Étaples, Departement du Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
Burial
Étaples, Departement du Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France Add to Map
Plot
XXV. D. 7.
Memorial ID
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Private Benjamin Otis Clarke
Service Number: 737026
Age: 23
Unit: Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
Division: 16th Bn.
Born: August 17, 1893; Milbank, South Dakota
Son of Egbert J. and Anna Clarke, of Ashby, Grant Co., Minn., U.S.A.

In the US any ex-armed forces person is a "veteran". Even though he served in a Commonwealth Regiment; he was a US citizen by birth, so meets US criteria.
Private Benjamin Otis Clarke
Service Number: 737026
Age: 23
Unit: Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
Division: 16th Bn.
Born: August 17, 1893; Milbank, South Dakota
Son of Egbert J. and Anna Clarke, of Ashby, Grant Co., Minn., U.S.A.

In the US any ex-armed forces person is a "veteran". Even though he served in a Commonwealth Regiment; he was a US citizen by birth, so meets US criteria.


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