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Personal info

Full name
CRAIG, John Kevin "Jack"
Date of birth
18 December 1921
Age
22
Place of birth
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Hometown
Fulton County, Georgia

Military service

Service number
36622184
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
401st Glider Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 September 1944
Place of death
The Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
B 5 21

Immediate family

Members
Robert R. Craig (father)
Mary E. (Foster) Craig (mother)
Helen Craig (sister)
Robert R. Craig Jr. (brother)
Bernice Craig (sister)
Frances Craig (sister)
Dorothy Craig (sister)
Evelyn M. (Naleway) Craig (wife)

More information

Pfc John Kevin Craig graduated from Fenwick High School and attended DePaul University. At Fenwick he took part in amateur boxing. He was was employed by John Sexton & Company

He was married to Evelyn Naleway on 3 April 1943.

He was sent overseas in September 1943.

Pfc Craig was initially buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Son, The Netherlands.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Astrid van Erp, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ww2-airborne.us, www.newspaperarchive.com - Oak Park Oak Leaves, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census / Birth Certificate

Photo source: www.findagrave.com, Des Philippet, www.ancestry.com - Fenwick High School Yearbook 1939