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Personal info

Full name
CREW, Maurice Z
Date of birth
13 September 1912
Age
32
Place of birth
Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa
Hometown
Benton County, Iowa

Military service

Service number
37692175
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
39th Infantry Regiment,
9th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
5 February 1945
Place of death
Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
B 6 7

Immediate family

Members
Calvin Z. Crew (father)
Bertha E. (Wagner) Crew (mother)
Betty M. Crew (sister)
Janette E. Crew (sister)
Leonore M. Crew (sister)
David H. Crew (brother)
Newlin Crew (brother)
Frances L. (Mueller) Crew (wife)
Gary Crew (son)

More information

Maurice Crew graduated from West High School and worked at the Paramount theater in Waterloo and later was employed at a Des Moines theater. He then returned to Waterloo as a manager of the Strand theater and in May 1943, he was named city manager of the Strand and Paramount theaters.

He enlisted on 16 March 1944 at Camp Dodge, Iowa and was sent overseas in September 1944.

He joined his unit in November 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com - Leonore Cullman, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - WWII Enlistment Record, 1930 Census, www.newspapers.com - The Waterloo Daily Courier

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Colette Harrison, www.newspapers.com - The Waterloo Daily Courier, West High School Yearbook 1930