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Personal info

Full name
CRAIG, Robert Eugene
Date of birth
28 December 1921
Age
22
Place of birth
Seneca County, Ohio
Hometown
Port Huron, St. Clair County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
35542400
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Machine Gunner
Unit
M Company,
3rd Battalion,
119th Infantry Regiment,
30th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
24 November 1944
Place of death
France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
G 20 6

Immediate family

Members
Howard D. Craig (father)
Emma G. (Steward) Craig (mother)
Althea M. Craig (sister)
Dolores (Dickerhoff) Craig (wife)
Roberta Craig (daughter)

More information

Robert E. Craig drummer in the Bennie Somer’s Orchestra in his hometown.

He enlisted on 16 January 1943 and was sent overseas in May 1944.

He died on 24 November in an army field hospital in France of wounds suffered in action in Germany.

The photo shows the Bell which is posted on the cemetery in Clyde, Ohio in 1950. The bell was donated by the class of 1940, the classmates of Robert and his wife Dolores. The Bell first stood in front of the high school but was moved due to the construction of a new school.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com - Dolores Craig Wagoner, www.archives.gov, Toledo Blade 15-dec-1944, www.oldhickory30th.com, www.ancestry.com - Johnson Family Tree, www.newspapers.com - The Port Heron Times Herold

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.wwiimemorial.com - Dolores Craig Wagoner, Yvonne Frolichs-Ritzen