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Personal info

Full name
CRAYTON, Kenneth Charles
Date of birth
27 September 1907
Age
37
Place of birth
Marion County, West Virginia
Hometown
Harrison County, West Virginia

Military service

Service number
6640037
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
B Battery,
907th Glider Field Artillery Battalion,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
unknown

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
25 December 1944
Place of death
Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 26 49

Immediate family

Members
Charles C. Crayton (father)
Alice L. (Shaffer) Crayton (mother)
Emmett H. Crayton (brother)
Paul W. Crayton (brother)
Nettie E. Crayton (sister)
Geneva A. Crayton (sister)
Robert A. Crayton (brother)
Marie (Craig) Crayton (wife)

More information

Pvt Kenneth C. Crayton volunteered for the US Army in Fort Thomas Newport, Kentucky on 30 March 1942.

He was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Champigneul, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / West Virginia, Marriages Index / Himes Family Tree, www.ww2-airborne.us
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy