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Personal info

Full name
CRAIG, Othel
Date of birth
13 February 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Hector, Pope County, Arkansas
Hometown
Prairie County, Arkansas

Military service

Service number
38293204
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
41st Armored Infantry Regiment,
2nd Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
27 November 1944
Place of death
Merzenhausen, Jülich, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
A 9 2

Immediate family

Members
Wesley D. Graig (father)
Lillie G. (Caudle) Graig (mother)
Burl Craig (brother)
Ruth A. Craig (sister)
Lorene Craig (sister)
Flo Craig (sister)
James E. Craig (brother)
Glen L. Craig (brother)
Rheba (Hamilton) Craig (wife)

More information

S/Sgt Othel Craig enlisted in Little Rock, Arkansas on 16 October 1942. He worked in a sawmill before he enlisted.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Cecil Buis, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com - Benjamin Odom, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Craig/Johnson Familiy Tree / Arkansas County Marriages Index, 1920 United States Federal Census

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Hannah Majewski