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Personal info

Full name
CRADDOCK, Stanley Junior
Date of birth
17 September 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Covington, Kenton County, Kentucky
Hometown
Dayton, Campbell County, Kentucky

Military service

Service number
35083699
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
101st Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
5 January 1945
Place of death
Near Wiltz, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 2 47

Immediate family

Members
Stanley Craddock (father)
Esther B. (Penick) Craddock (mother)
Charles R. Craddock (brother)
Ruth K. (Bauerle) Craddock (wife)
Stanley J. Craddock (son)
Charles E. Craddock (son)

More information

Pfc Stanley J. Craddock was employed at the Wadsworth Electric Company before he enlisted at Fort Thomas, Kentucky on 26 April 1944.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in his chest.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com - Belevue Veterans Club, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Stokes Family of Ramcat N.C. / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.fold3.com - 26th Infantry Division
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Silvano Theunissen