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Personal info

Full name
CROOK, John Arthur
Date of birth
4 August 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Clinton, Henry County, Missouri
Hometown
Clinton, Henry County, Missouri

Military service

Service number
37726055
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Rifleman
Unit
K Company,
3rd Battalion,
318th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
13 March 1945
Place of death
Near Frommersbach, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 5 37

Immediate family

Members
John A. Crook (father)
Shelly A. (Hix) Crook (mother)
Virginia N. Crook (sister)
Jeanette I. Crook (sister)
Delilah Crook (sister)

More information

Pfc John A. Crook attended Clinton High School in the class of 1944 and worked at the Lee Theater as a doorman.

He enlisted at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas on 4 November 1943 and was sent overseas in October 1944.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card File / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men, www.80thdivision.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – LuxAmCem