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Personal info

Full name
CRANDELL, Fay Junior
Date of birth
27 July 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Flint, Genesee County, Michigan
Hometown
Genesee County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
16151317
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
G Company,
3rd Battalion,
508th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

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

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
F 2 7

Immediate family

Members
Reuben J. Crandell (father)
Agnes A. (Wardynski) Crandell (mother)
Kenneth R. Crandell (brother)
Donald G. Crandell (brother)
Robert J. Crandell (brother)
Joyce G. Crandell (sister)
Glenn R. Crandell (brother)
Barbara E. (Trader) Crandell (wife)

More information

Pfc Fay J. Crandell enlisted in Detroit, Michigan on 28 November 1942.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Molenhoek, The Netherlands.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Kalista Castine, Carla Mans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census / Crandell/Dunaway Family Tree / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.ww2-airborne.us

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Phillipet, Kalista Castine