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Personal info

Full name
CROWDER, Dewey Russell
Date of birth
1 August 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Sandy, Kanawha County, West Virginia
Hometown
Frame, Kanawha County, West Virginia

Military service

Service number
35777523
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
54th Armored Infantry Battalion,
10th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
22 November 1944
Place of death
Metz, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 30 21

Immediate family

Members
Jiles B. Crowder (father)
Tressie L. Crowder (mother)
George S. Crowder (brother)
William O. Crowder (brother)
Jessie H. Crowder (brother)
Maford Crowder (brother)
Susie M. Crowder (sister)
Ivan P. Crowder (brother)

More information

Pfc Dewey R. Crowder worked on a farm before he enlisted in Huntington, West Virginia on 24 November 1943.

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

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.findagrave.com, www.armydivs.com/10th-armored-division
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