Private Clarence Edward Hawkins, born in Collington, Maryland 1 Mar 1905, was the youngest of nine children of William and Eliza (Johnson) Hawkins of Prince George’s County, Maryland. Collington, on the ENE side of the Washington DC metro area, was absorbed by the City of Bowie. Clarence's mother died sometime before he was five years old.
In the 1910 census 5-year-old Clarence is living with his widowed father and brothers John 17, Robert 9, and Enny 7, in rural Queen Anne, Prince George’s County, Maryland. His father is farming.
In the 1920 census 15-year-old Clarence is living with his father in rural Bladensburg, Prince George’s County. He and his father are both farm laborers. Bladensburg is on the upper Anacostia River on the northeast side of Washington inside the Beltway but just outside the District.
Clarence was married at some point because he is listed as widowed in the 1930 census. I found no information on a wife.
In the 1930 census 23-year-old Clarence, listed as widowed, is living in the household of his brother Joseph 39, and sister-in-law, Sarah 37, and their nine children at 2235 Gironde Street in Pittsburgh, Alleghany County, Pennsylvania. Clarence and Joseph both did odd jobs for private families.
Clarence must have gotten into some mischief and on 27 Jul 1939 was sentenced to 60 days at the Alleghany County Workhouse. He worked on the facility’s farm and was release after 30 days.
Clarence enlisted 8 May 1942 in Pittsburgh. He’d had a grammar school education and was single without dependents. His civil occupation was listed under semi-skilled miners and mining machine operators. He was 5’6” and weighed 133 lbs. He was assigned to the 106th Transportation Battalion, known as the “Expediters”, whose motto was Primus Inter Pares (First Among Equals). In early 1943, the unit left New York aboard the USS Argentina for North Africa. In December 1943, elements of the unit were redesignated as the 3488th Quartermaster Truck Company.
The NARA WWII casualty listings by state and county for Pennsylvania show Hawkins, Clarence E, Pvt from Alleghany County as DNB (Died Non-Battle) so he died in the line of duty from some illness or accident on 9 Jan 1944.
In the 1910 census 5-year-old Clarence is living with his widowed father and brothers John 17, Robert 9, and Enny 7, in rural Queen Anne, Prince George’s County, Maryland. His father is farming.
In the 1920 census 15-year-old Clarence is living with his father in rural Bladensburg, Prince George’s County. He and his father are both farm laborers. Bladensburg is on the upper Anacostia River on the northeast side of Washington inside the Beltway but just outside the District.
Clarence was married at some point because he is listed as widowed in the 1930 census. I found no information on a wife.
In the 1930 census 23-year-old Clarence, listed as widowed, is living in the household of his brother Joseph 39, and sister-in-law, Sarah 37, and their nine children at 2235 Gironde Street in Pittsburgh, Alleghany County, Pennsylvania. Clarence and Joseph both did odd jobs for private families.
Clarence must have gotten into some mischief and on 27 Jul 1939 was sentenced to 60 days at the Alleghany County Workhouse. He worked on the facility’s farm and was release after 30 days.
Clarence enlisted 8 May 1942 in Pittsburgh. He’d had a grammar school education and was single without dependents. His civil occupation was listed under semi-skilled miners and mining machine operators. He was 5’6” and weighed 133 lbs. He was assigned to the 106th Transportation Battalion, known as the “Expediters”, whose motto was Primus Inter Pares (First Among Equals). In early 1943, the unit left New York aboard the USS Argentina for North Africa. In December 1943, elements of the unit were redesignated as the 3488th Quartermaster Truck Company.
The NARA WWII casualty listings by state and county for Pennsylvania show Hawkins, Clarence E, Pvt from Alleghany County as DNB (Died Non-Battle) so he died in the line of duty from some illness or accident on 9 Jan 1944.
Private Clarence Edward Hawkins, born in Collington, Maryland 1 Mar 1905, was the youngest of nine children of William and Eliza (Johnson) Hawkins of Prince George’s County, Maryland. Collington, on the ENE side of the Washington DC metro area, was absorbed by the City of Bowie. Clarence's mother died sometime before he was five years old.
In the 1910 census 5-year-old Clarence is living with his widowed father and brothers John 17, Robert 9, and Enny 7, in rural Queen Anne, Prince George’s County, Maryland. His father is farming.
In the 1920 census 15-year-old Clarence is living with his father in rural Bladensburg, Prince George’s County. He and his father are both farm laborers. Bladensburg is on the upper Anacostia River on the northeast side of Washington inside the Beltway but just outside the District.
Clarence was married at some point because he is listed as widowed in the 1930 census. I found no information on a wife.
In the 1930 census 23-year-old Clarence, listed as widowed, is living in the household of his brother Joseph 39, and sister-in-law, Sarah 37, and their nine children at 2235 Gironde Street in Pittsburgh, Alleghany County, Pennsylvania. Clarence and Joseph both did odd jobs for private families.
Clarence must have gotten into some mischief and on 27 Jul 1939 was sentenced to 60 days at the Alleghany County Workhouse. He worked on the facility’s farm and was release after 30 days.
Clarence enlisted 8 May 1942 in Pittsburgh. He’d had a grammar school education and was single without dependents. His civil occupation was listed under semi-skilled miners and mining machine operators. He was 5’6” and weighed 133 lbs. He was assigned to the 106th Transportation Battalion, known as the “Expediters”, whose motto was Primus Inter Pares (First Among Equals). In early 1943, the unit left New York aboard the USS Argentina for North Africa. In December 1943, elements of the unit were redesignated as the 3488th Quartermaster Truck Company.
The NARA WWII casualty listings by state and county for Pennsylvania show Hawkins, Clarence E, Pvt from Alleghany County as DNB (Died Non-Battle) so he died in the line of duty from some illness or accident on 9 Jan 1944.
In the 1910 census 5-year-old Clarence is living with his widowed father and brothers John 17, Robert 9, and Enny 7, in rural Queen Anne, Prince George’s County, Maryland. His father is farming.
In the 1920 census 15-year-old Clarence is living with his father in rural Bladensburg, Prince George’s County. He and his father are both farm laborers. Bladensburg is on the upper Anacostia River on the northeast side of Washington inside the Beltway but just outside the District.
Clarence was married at some point because he is listed as widowed in the 1930 census. I found no information on a wife.
In the 1930 census 23-year-old Clarence, listed as widowed, is living in the household of his brother Joseph 39, and sister-in-law, Sarah 37, and their nine children at 2235 Gironde Street in Pittsburgh, Alleghany County, Pennsylvania. Clarence and Joseph both did odd jobs for private families.
Clarence must have gotten into some mischief and on 27 Jul 1939 was sentenced to 60 days at the Alleghany County Workhouse. He worked on the facility’s farm and was release after 30 days.
Clarence enlisted 8 May 1942 in Pittsburgh. He’d had a grammar school education and was single without dependents. His civil occupation was listed under semi-skilled miners and mining machine operators. He was 5’6” and weighed 133 lbs. He was assigned to the 106th Transportation Battalion, known as the “Expediters”, whose motto was Primus Inter Pares (First Among Equals). In early 1943, the unit left New York aboard the USS Argentina for North Africa. In December 1943, elements of the unit were redesignated as the 3488th Quartermaster Truck Company.
The NARA WWII casualty listings by state and county for Pennsylvania show Hawkins, Clarence E, Pvt from Alleghany County as DNB (Died Non-Battle) so he died in the line of duty from some illness or accident on 9 Jan 1944.
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