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Personal info

Full name
LYON, Crawford Ray
Date of birth
25 June 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Glasgow, Scotland
Hometown
Harrison County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
32566619
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
60th Infantry Regiment,
9th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
12 December 1944
Place of death
Near Düren, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
A 14 30

Immediate family

Members
Samuel M. Lyon (father)
Margaret Lyon (mother)
Archie Lyon (brother)
Samuel M. Lyon (brother)
David Lyon (brother)
Jean E. Lyon (wife)
Crawford R. Lyon Jr. (son)

More information

Pfc Crawford R. Lyon attended high school for four years.

He enlisted in Newark, New Jersey on 20 October 1942.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census, U.S. Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, http://9thinfantrydivision.net

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