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Personal info

Full name
CROWE, Francis Dale
Date of birth
15 January 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Preble County, Ohio
Hometown
Lewisburg, Preble County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35791371
Rank
Technical Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
K Company,
3rd Battalion,
143rd Infantry Regiment,
36th Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
15 October 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Champ-le-Duc, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 27 10

Immediate family

Members
John E. Crowe (father)
Belvia V. (Brown) Crowe (mother)
Icia M. Crowe (sister)
Laura P. Crowe (sister)
Treva M. Crowe (sister)
Mary L. Crowe (sister)
Chester W. Crowe (brother)
Orville D. Crowe (brother)
James H. Crowe (brother)
Esther V. Crowe (sister)
Betty E. Crowe (sister)
Phyllis J. Crowe (sister)
Clara B. Crowe (sister)
Ohmer L. Crowe (brother)

More information

T/Sgt Francis D. Crowe was a driller.

He enlisted at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana on 6 March 1943.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1920/1930/1940 Census / 143rd-October-1944-to-end.pdf
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy / https://ancestors.familysearch.org