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Personal info

Full name
CRUTCHFIELD, Leon Dale
Date of birth
23 June 1909
Age
35
Place of birth
Frankfort, Clinton County, Indiana
Hometown
Frankfort, Clinton County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
35572618
Rank
Technical Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
376th Infantry Regiment,
94th Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
23 March 1945
Place of death
Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
B 10 21

Immediate family

Members
John E. Crutchfield (father)
Zora F. (Stewart) Crutchfield (mother)
Arthur H. Crutchfield (brother)
Eva M. Crutchfield (sister)
Don E. Crutchfield (brother)
Laverne (Warren) Crutchfield (wife)
Patricia Crutchfield (daughter)

More information

T/Sgt Leon D. Crutchfield enlisted in Indianapolis, Indiana on 5 December 1942.

Company A on the south received automatic and 20mm gun fire from its right flank. While attempting to locate the enemy gun positions responsible for this fire. T/Sgt Leon D. Crutchfield was hit and mortally wounded.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Gammans Klingenberg Tree / Indiana Birth Certificates, http://www.94thinfdiv.com, https://archive.org/stream/HistoryOfThe94thInfantryWWII/HistoryOfThe94thInfantryWWII_djvu.txt

Photo source: Peter Schouteten