Marvin Durwood Clopton was born Feb. 8, 1918 to Wilford and Sarah Mantz Andrews. Wilford Andrews died 6 weeks after Marvin’s birth and Sarah later married Roscoe Clopton. He died June 22, 2002 and is buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Clarion, IA.
Lt. Clopton served with the U.S. Army in World War II with Co. C, 787th Tank Battalion as a Track Vehicle Maintenance Officer.
Sources: “Ordinary Heroes”, by Judge Newt Draheim; ancestry.com
