Fensch Clara Mueller L.

Monuments

Angels of Bataan and Corregidor – Army & Navy Nurse Memorial

Mt. Samat U.S. Army and Navy Nurse Corps Plaque

Name:

Clara Mueller L. Fensch

Rank:

First Lieutenant

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United States Army Nurse Corps

Date of Death:

1989-02-11

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Cemetery:

Inglewood Park Cemetery, California

Plot:

29 ALC KNOWLEDGE SAN DREAMS

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Clara Mueller L. Fensch was born on November 16, 1901 in New Jersey. She was the daughter of German immigrants Charles and Mathilda Mueller and was married to Albert Verner Fensch. Clara served in the US Army Nurse Corps as a Second Lieutenant during World War II. She was one of the "Angels of Bataan and Corregidor” – the US Army and Navy Nurse Corps women who served in the Battle of the Philippines in 1941-42. When Bataan and Corregidor fell, 11 Navy nurses, 66 army nurses, and 1 nurse-anesthetist were captured and imprisoned in and around Manila. They continued to serve as nurses in various POW camps until they were finally liberated in February 1945. Clara died on December 11, 1989 at the age of 88, at the UCLA Emergency Room from a heart attack. Her cremains were placed in a niche with her husband at the Inglewood Park Cemetery. Her highest rank attainment was Captain.