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Personal info

Full name
COVERT, Cranston Morris
Date of birth
26 November 1910
Age
33
Place of birth
Leroy, Coffey County, Kansas
Hometown
Yates Center, Woodson County, Kansas

Military service

Service number
37722051
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
357th Infantry Regiment,
90th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 September 1944
Place of death
Near Homécourt, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 9 38

Immediate family

Members
Harry L. Covert (father)
Mary E. Covert (mother)
Madeline K. (Fischer) Covert (wife)

More information

Pvt Cranston M. Covert attended 1 year of college and was a manager before he enlisted in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas on 14 September 1943.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Andilly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, 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, www.findagrave.com – Have Paws will travel

Photo source: www.ancestry.com – U.S. School Yearbooks The Jayhawker