Veterans' Memorial Project
Kenneth Charles Clawson
Urbana, IL
World War II
Corporal Clawson served with the 500th Bombardment Group. He was a left gunner on a B-29; the plane was named Gravel Gertie. He died in a plane crash in Nebraska when the crew bailed out of the plane and Cpl. Clawson hit the horizontal stabilizer after bailing out. He is buried at East Lawn Cemetery, Urbana, Illinois, Section 9 Lot 13 Sp 8.
– submitted by James Opolony>