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Personal info

Full name
CRAPORT, William
Date of birth
10 September 1913
Age
31
Place of birth
Illinois
Hometown
Dayton County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35878450
Rank
Sergeant
Function
Squad Leader
Unit
157th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
2 April 1945
Place of death
Near Schwanheim, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
E 47 33

Immediate family

Members
Margaret R. (Trimbach) Craport (wife)
Nelson W. Craport (son)

More information

Sgt William Craport enlisted in Cincinnati, Ohio on 19 October 1943.

He attended high school for 3 years and was a machinist before he enlisted.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com – Nelson W. Craport, www.archives.gov
– WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Williams Family Tree, http://www.45thdivision.org,
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