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Personal info

Full name
CROWTHER, Carl Lewis
Date of birth
2 December 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Rapides Parish, Louisiana
Hometown
Yazoo City, Yazoo County, Mississippi

Military service

Service number
34635295
Rank
Corporal
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
G 7 16

Immediate family

Members
Charles M. Crowther (father)
Alia R. (Nalley) Crowther (mother)
Charles E. Crowther (brother)
Dorothy J. Crowther (sister)
Margaret F. Crowther (sister)

More information

Cpl Carl L. Crowther graduated from Yazzo High School graduated in 1943 and was a sales clerk.

He enlisted at Camp Shelby, Mississippi on 23 June 1943.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.co, www.archives.gov -WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Warden-Watson Family Tree, A Footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder, The 5th infantry division in the ETO

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - nepper