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Personal info

Full name
MC CRACKEN, Albert Morris
Date of birth
13 August 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Waverly, Morgan County, Illinois
Hometown
Wood River, Madison County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
6918222
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
Service Company,
22nd Infantry Regiment,
4th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
3 December 1944
Place of death
Germany

Grave

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

Immediate family

Members
Albert M. Mc Cracken Sr. (father)
Nettie Mc Cracken (mother)
William C. Rogers (stepbrother)
Wilson L. Rogers (stepbrother)

More information

Cpl Albert M. McCracken enlisted on 18 June 1940.

He attended grammar school.

Source of information: Danny van der Groen, Astrid van Erp, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census, www.newspapers.com - Alton Evening Telegraph

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet / Laura Phillips, www.newspapers.com - Alton Evening Telegraph / St. Louis Star Times