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Personal info

Full name
CRITES, John
Date of birth
14 April 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
McCurtain, Haskell County, Oklahoma
Hometown
Atoka, Atoka County, Oklahoma

Military service

Service number
38322808
Rank
Technician Fourth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
11th Tank Battalion,
10th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
31 March 1945
Place of death
Near Speyer, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
G 13 16

Immediate family

Members
William A. Crites (father)
Sarah O. Crites (mother)
Io W. Crites (brother)
Walter L. Crites (brother)
William W. Crites (brother)
Mary M. Crites (sister)

More information

T/4 John Crites enlisted in Tulsa, Oklahoma on 18 November 1942.

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 / 1930 Census, www.findagrave.com, www.10tharmored.com
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