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Personal info

Full name
CRABTREE, Edwin Harvey
Date of birth
28 November 1910
Age
34
Place of birth
Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky
Hometown
Marion County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
15100263
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
329th Infantry Regiment,
83rd Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
20 January 1945
Place of death
Bovigny, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
B 18 26

Immediate family

Members
Millard F. Crabtree (father)
Nancy (Parsons) Crabtree (mother)
Philip Crabtree (brother)
Mary E. Crabtree (sister)
Winnifred Crabtree (sister)
Eva Crabtree (sister)
Milton Crabtree (brother)
Edwin H. Crabtree (brother)

More information

Pfc Edwin H. Crabtree worked as a shipping or receiving clerk before he enlisted at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana on 10 March 1942. He was sent overseas June 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, Enlistment Record / National Archives, ABMC / WWII Memorial, National Archives / WWII Memorial, CWGC - ABMC / Find A Grave - Rick France, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1900 Census, www.newspapers.com - The Indianapolis News - 6 February 1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com, http://www.normandytothebulge.be - Jelle and Eric Thys, www.newspapers.com - The Indianapolis News - 5 February 1945