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Personal info

Full name
MCCRARY, Harold Joseph
Date of birth
23 March 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Brevard, Transylvania County, North Carolina
Hometown
Brevard, Transylvania County, North Carolina

Military service

Service number
34890803
Rank
Sergeant
Function
Armorer Gunner
Unit
764th Bombardment Squadron,
461st Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
4 October 1944
Place of death
Near Munich, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Joseph A. McCrary (father)
Mary A. (Shipman) McCrary (mother)
Carl C. McCrary (brother)
Charles W. McCrary (brother)
Arthur A. McCrary (brother)
Nellie M. McCrary (sister)
Lillie A. McCrary (sister)
Clyde F. McCrary (brother)
Edna J. McCrary (sister)
Flora C. McCrary (sister)
Fred H. McCrary (brother)

More information

Maj Windle D. Reel:
"Directly over target area the plane was directly hit either by bomb from a plane flying above or by flak, causing the plane to explode and blowing both plane and occupants to bits."

He is remembered at the Little River Baptist Church Cemetery in Penrose, Transylvania County, North Carolina.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1930 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.fold3.com, www.findagrave.com – James Archer
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Have Paws will travel / Jmes Archer, www.461st.org