1918-2012
Technical Sergeant Clarence T. “Click” Kemper received two Purple Hearts and the Bronze Star for heroic actions as a Platoon Sergeant in Co M, 137th Infantry, during World War II. He joined the 35th Infantry Division at Camp Robinson, AR in 1941, and remained with Co M until the end of the war. He received his first Purple Heart at St. Lo, France, his second during the Battle of the Bulge, and the Bronze Star for heroic actions with his machine gun section at Livarchamps, Belgium on Jan 2, 1945. He served on occupation duty when the war ended, and returned with his unit in Sept. of 1945. He then returned to his home in Forest Grove, Oregon.