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Personal info

Full name
CROWLEY, John Francis
Date of birth
16 June 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York

Military service

Service number
32680272
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
301st Infantry Regiment,
94th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
7 February 1945
Place of death
Bannholz Woods, north of Sinz, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 3 86

Immediate family

Members
John F. J. Crowley (father)
Mabel B. (Fields) Crowley (mother)
Mabel G. Crowley (sister)
Charles Crowley (brother)
Theresa L. (Osbourne) Crowley (wife)

More information

S/Sgt John F. Crowley attended 1 year of college and was a checker before he enlisted in New York City, New York, on 10 December 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, http://www.94thinfdiv.com, www.findagrave.com – 142Genealogy

Photo source:
www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery