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Personal info

Full name
CROWE, Ell B
Date of birth
4 January 1923
Age
22
Place of birth
Powell County, Kentucky
Hometown
Powell County, Kentucky

Military service

Service number
35878080
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
28 January 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Putscheid–Weiler, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 13 7

Immediate family

Members
William W. Crowe (father)
Modena Crowe (mother)
Katherine Crowe (sister)
Rufus Crowe (brother)
Cynthia Crowe (sister)
Lillie Crowe (sister)
John W. Crowe (brother)
Roscoe Crowe (brother)
Sally M. Crowe (sister)
Grace M. Crowe (sister)
Dorothy Crowe (half sister)
Ethel Crowe (half sister)

More information

Pfc Ell B. Crowe enlisted in Cincinatti, Ohio on 14 October 1943.

He worked on a farm before he enlisted.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com, 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record 1942-1949 / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Helen’s Family Tree, A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry division in the ETO

Photo source: Peter Schouteten