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Personal info

Full name
CRAWFORD, James Luther
Date of birth
19 April 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Millport, Lamar County, Alabama
Hometown
Lamar County, Alabama

Military service

Service number
34703063
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
109th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
23 September 1944
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
F 7 44

Immediate family

Members
Ben R. Crawford (father)
Dora F. Crawford (mother)
Daisy L. Crawford (sister)
Erbie R. Crawford (brother)
Louis Crawford (sister)
Jimmie Crawford (brother)
Bobby Crawford (brother)

More information

Pfc James L. Crawford enlisted at Fort McClellan, Alabama on 25 January 1943.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Enlistment Record / 1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Headstone and Interment Record, www.archives.gov

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.newspapers.com - The Lamar Democrat 8 September 1943