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Personal info

Full name
CROWLEY, Francis Lawrence
Date of birth
5 September 1906
Age
38
Place of birth
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Suffolk County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31431259
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
414th Infantry Regiment,
104th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 December 1944
Place of death
Schophoven, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
H 3 52

Immediate family

Members
Dennis F. Crowley (father)
Theresa A. (McCarthy) Crowley (mother)
Mary M. Crowley (sister)
Morren J. Crowley (brother)
Mary G. Crowley (wife)

More information

Pfc Francis L. Crowley was a stevedore before he enlisted in Boston, Massachusetts on 25 January 1944.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - WWII Enlistment Records / 1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / Massachusetts U.S. Birth Records / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Amandine Jaunet - Henri-Chapelle Cemetery Associate