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Personal info

Full name
MCCRARY, John Raymond Jr
Date of birth
7 May 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
Lexington, Davidson County, North Carolina
Hometown
Winston-Salem, Forsyth County, North Carolina

Military service

Service number
34605180
Rank
Technical Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
346th Infantry Regiment,
87th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
9 January 1945
Place of death
Jenneville, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
I 9 21

Immediate family

Members
John R. McCrary Sr. (father)
Mary I. McCrary (mother)
Christine McCrary (sister)
Virginia McCrary (sister)
Martha P. McCrary (sister)
Mary (Frazier) McCrary (wife)

More information

T/Sgt John R. McCrary attended college for four years before he enlisted at Camp Croft, South Carolina on 2 February 1943.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Grand Failly, France.

He is remembered at the Lexington City Cemetery in Lexington, Davidson County, North Carolina.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com – Ms. Virginia McCrary White, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1920/1930 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, http://87thinfantrydivision.com, www.findagrave.com – Kathy Merris Mills

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.ancestry.com – U.S. School Yearbooks, Durham, North Carolina, www.findagrave.com – Kathy Merris Mills