SOLDIER NEWS.
U.S. Army Forces in New Caledonia: Private First Class Clarence H. J. Plueger, brother of Edward W. J. Plueger of LeMars, has been awarded the “Good Conduct Medal,” for over a year of “exemplary behavior, efficiency and fidelity as a soldier of the U.S. Army.” Pfc. Plueger operated a farm near LeMars prior to his entrance into the Army. He was inducted at Fort Crook, Neb., on May 27, 1942, and In January of last year was shipped to the semi-tropical island of New Caledonia in the South Pacific area. The presentation of the “Good Conduct Medal” took place before a formation of his entire unit.
Source: LeMars Globe-Post, June 22, 1944
Clarence Heinrich Johann Plueger was born Mar. 22, 1916 to Theodore Johann and Wuebke Katharine Westhoff Plueger. He died Dec. 1, 1984 and is buried in Christ Lutheran Church Cemetery, LeMars, IA.
Source: ancestry.com
