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Personal info

Full name
CRAWFORD, James Watta
Date of birth
3 November 1919
Age
24
Place of birth
Cedartown, Polk County, Georgia
Hometown
Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina

Military service

Service number
34254893
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
Squad Leader
Unit
C Company,
23rd Armored Infantry Battalion,
7th Armored Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
8 September 1944
Place of death
Dornot, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Charles M. Crawford (father)
Bessie V. (Cantrell) Crawford (mother)
Clifford C. Crawford (brother)
Margie B. Crawford (sister)
Ovell L. Crawford (sister)
Kenneth M. Crawford (brother)

More information

S/Sgt James W. Crawford attended Derita High School and was employed at the Bahonson Company.

He enlisted at Fort Bragg, North Carolina on 11 March 1942 and was sent overseas in June 1944.

S/Sgt Crawford is remembered at Elmwood Cemetery in Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina with a memorial marker.

His brother Kenneth served with the U.S. Navy.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947, https://www.7tharmddiv.org

Photo source: www.findagrave.com