Clyde Sloss

10May1924 – 17Feb1945

Edison Days

Clyde graduated with the June Class of 1942. While in school he participated yearbook and Student Council.

Military Service

Branch: United States Army

Rank: Private First Class

Unit: Anti-tank Company – 114th Infantry Regiment – 44th Infantry Division.

The 44th Infantry Division landed in France via Cherbourg, 15Sep1944, and trained for a month before entering combat, 18Oct1944, when it relieved the 79th Division in the vicinity of Foret de Parroy, east of Luneville, France, to take part in the Seventh Army drive to secure several passes in the Vosges Mountains. Within 6 days, the Division was hit by a heavy German counterattack, 25-26 October. The attack was repulsed and the 44th continued its active defense.

On 13 November 1944, it jumped off in an attack northeast, forcing a passage through the Vosges Mountains east of Leintrey to Dossenheim, took Avricourt, 17 November, and pushed on to liberate Strasbourg, along with the 2nd French Armored Division. After regrouping, the Division returned to the attack, taking Ratzwiller and entering the Ensemble de Bitche in the Maginot Line. Fort Simserhof fell 19 December. Displacing to defensive positions east of Sarreguemines, 21-23 December, the 44th threw back three attempted crossings by the enemy of the Blies River. An aggressive defense of the Sarreguemines area was continued into February 1945.

It is believed that this is the action in which Clyde was killed.

In 1948, Clyde’s remains were returned to the United States for reburial at Sunset Memorial Park Cemetery.

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