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Personal info

Full name
CROCKETT, Howard William
Date of birth
30 March 1914
Age
31
Place of birth
Delaware, Nowata County, Oklahoma
Hometown
Nowata County, Oklahoma

Military service

Service number
38062936
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
634th Anti-Aircraft Artillery (Automatic Weapons) Battalion
Awards
unknown

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
13 April 1945
Place of death
Mühlberg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
L 6 22

Immediate family

Members
John W. Crockett (father)
Maud G. (Fair) Crockett (mother)
Robert L. Crockett (brother)
Una A. Crockett (sister)
Marcus R. Crockett (brother)
Ruth M. Crockett (sister)
Claude C. Crocket (brother)

More information

T/5 Howard W. Crockett attended high school for four years. He enlisted on 10 January 1942 and spent a year in Iceland.

He was taken prisoner on 21 December 1944 and died in Stalag IV-B..

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com, 1930-1940 Census, www.fold3.com - WWII Draft Card

Photo source: Peter Schouteten