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Personal info

Full name
CROTTY, John Vincent
Date of birth
2 August 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Washington, District of Columbia
Hometown
Jordan, Onondaga County, New York

Military service

Service number
32849380
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
680th Glider Field Artillery Battalion,
17th Airborne Division,
HQ Battery
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
25 March 1945
Place of death
East of Blumenkamp, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
E 19 11

Immediate family

Members
Leo A. Crotty (father)
Helen V. (Failey) Crotty (mother)
Marjorie A. (Austin) Crotty (sister)
Helen M. Crotty (sister)
Robert L. Crotty (brother)
Charles Crotty (brother)
Catherine Crotty (sister)
Maureen Crotty (sister)
Jean Crotty (sister)

More information

T/5 John V. Crotty graduated from Jordan High School in 1942. He also attended Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

He enlisted in Syracuse, New York on 5 April 1943.

John V. Crotty was aboard a glider of the 439th Troop Carrier Group which was damaged by flak before it landed on Landing Zone S.

He was severely wounded in action by enemy small arms fire and died on his wounds on the landing zone.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1920/1940 Census / John V. Crotty - Popp Family Tree / WWII Enlistment Records, Book: The Last Drop 24-25 March by Stephen L. Wright, 17th Airborne Division Historical Report of Operation Varsity, http://www.ww2-airborne.us/units/680/680_honor.html

Photo source: Tom Verheijden, family collection, Jan Richardson