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Personal info

Full name
CROMARTY, George Douglas
Date of birth
26 February 1919
Age
26
Place of birth
Bergen County, New Jersey
Hometown
Bergen County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
42143187
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Rifleman
Unit
G Company,
2nd Battalion,
405th Infantry Regiment,
102nd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
26 February 1945
Place of death
Near Hompesch, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
F 14 9

Immediate family

Members
George M. Cromarty (father)
Jeannie E. (Burgess) Cromarty (mother)
William E. Cromarty (brother)
Henry J. Cromarty (brother)
Adelaide Cromarty (sister)
Sybil D. Cromarty (sister)
Teresa J. (Gillen) Cromarty (wife)
Douglas G. Cromarty (son)

More information

Pfc George D. Cromarty was an assistant foreman at Gair Corrugated Box Company.

He enlisted on 1 June 1944 and was sent overseas in October, 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, www.wwiimemorial.com, Ozark Researcher, www.archives.gov, www.awon.orgwww.ancestry.com - 1930 Census, Edward Cromarty

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, J.W. van de Griendt, www.ancestry.com - MaryMcCulley