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Personal info

Full name
CRANDALL, Howard Lee
Date of birth
26 July 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Daphne, Baldwin County, Alabama
Hometown
Daphne, Baldwin County, Alabama

Military service

Service number
34164923
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
3397th Quartermaster Truck Company
Awards
unknown

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
26 May 1945
Place of death
France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 19 43

Immediate family

Members
Ellis Crandall (father)
Melissa (Agee) Crandall (mother)
Frank H. Crandall (brother)
Riley E. Crandall (brother)
Susy Crandall (sister)
Lola Crandall (sister)
Elnora Crandall (sister)
Louise Crandall (sister)
Cornelius Crandall (brother)
Norman T. Crandall (brother)
Melvin Crandall (brother)

More information

T/5 Howard L. Crandall enlisted at Fort McClellan, Alabama on 8 January 1942.

He died of injuries to his skull, sustained in a railway accident.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Champigneul, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1930 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Cards, www.findagrave.com - MAJ Jimmy Cotton

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy