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Personal info

Full name
CRALLEY, Otis Barnett
Date of birth
26 January 1918
Age
27
Place of birth
Coles, Moultrie County, Illinois
Hometown
Mattoon, Coles County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36981760
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
357th Infantry Regiment,
90th Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 March 1945
Place of death
Near Leeheim, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
F 13 8

Immediate family

Members
George R. Cralley (father)
Nellie M. (Cohoon) Cralley (mother)
Mima Cralley (sister)
Oma Cralley (sister)
Howard L. Cralley (brother)
George R. Cralley (brother)
Susie H. (Evans) Cralley (wife)
Sandra J. Cralley (daughter)
Gary O. B. Cralley (son)
Dennis L. Cralley (son)
Thomas J. Cralley (son)

More information

Pfc Otis B. Cralley entered service 25 May 1944, and received his training at Camp Hood, Texas. Early in December of 1944 he was sent overseas.

He is remembered at the Mount Zion General Baptist Cemetery in Wabash Point, Coles County, Illinois.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Voelker Sims Family Tree, www.newspapers.com – Journal Gazette Illinois - 5 April 1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - LSB