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CRESWICK, Stanley - Date of
birth
29 December 1923 -
Age
20 - Place of
birth
Bayonne, Hudson County, New Jersey -
Hometown
Hudson County, New Jersey
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
32928720 -
Rank
Private First Class -
Function
unknown -
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
505th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division
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Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
18 September 1944 - Place of
death
Plasmolen Hill
Riethorst, the Netherlands
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten - Walls of the Missing
Immediate family
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Members
David Creswick (father)
Anna Creswick (mother
Amanda Creswick (sister)
John Creswick (brother)
Howard Creswick (brother)
Margaret Creswick (sister)
More information
Pfc Stanley Creswick graduated from Bayonne High School. He trained at Camp Croft, South Carolina and Fort Benning, Georgia and was sent overseas in February 1944.He enlisted in Newark, New Jersey on 19 June 1943.
He was hit in the abdomen by small arms fire while defending a roadblock near Riethorst. His platoon commander, Lt. Brownlee, was also wounded but tried to treat Creswick anyway. A medic determined that he needed a blood transfusion, but he still died during the night.
Source of information: Terry Hirsch, Carla Mans, www.wwimemorial.com, www.fold3.com, www.marketgarden.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census, Corridor naar de Rijn by Hen Bollen
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.ancestry.com - Kathleen Ryann, Jersey Journal 26 February 1945