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CRAIG, Robert Lee - Date of
birth
9 December 1925 -
Age
19 - Place of
birth
Pinkneyville, Perry County, Illinois -
Hometown
Oakdale, Washington County, Illinois
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
36977324 -
Rank
Private -
Function
unknown -
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
253rd Infantry Regiment,
63rd Infantry Division
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Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Finding of Death - Date of
death
31 January 1945 - Place of
death
Near Sarreguemines, France
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine - Tablets of the Missing
Immediate family
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Members
Harry L. Craig (father)
Hazel D. Craig (mother)
Ina W. Craig (sister)
Wilma A. Craig (sister)
Clara E. Craig (sister)
Susan V. Craig (sister)
Harriett L. Craig (sister)
Meba B. Craig (sister)
More information
Pvt Robert L. Craig is remembered at the Swanwick Bethel Cemetery in Perry County, Illinois.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1930 Census, www.63rdinfdiv.com, www.findagrave.com – Gary & Bobbie Biermann
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Frogman / Gary & Bobbie Biermann