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Personal info

Full name
CROZIER, Lawrence William
Date of birth
27 April 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
Albany, Albany County, New York
Hometown
Norfolk County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
O-1167797
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
HQ & HQ Company,
17th Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
6 April 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
L 4 18

Immediate family

Members
Clyde E. Crozier (father)
Edith S. (Warnick) Crozier (mother)
Pauline L. Crozier (wife)

More information

According to the 1920 Census 1st Lt Lawrence W. Crozier lived with his stepgrandparents Frederick T. Peabody and Gertrude Bowe in Massachusetts.

He was employed in the Lieutenant Governor's Office.

He enlisted in Boston, Massachusetts on 16 January 1941.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, WWIIMemorial.com, Archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, http://www.ww2-airborne.us/units/325/325_honor.html, Massachusetts, Mason Membership Cards, 1733-1990; U.S. City Directories - 1945

Photo source: Findagrave.com, Des Philippet, faocsalumni.org, Melrose High School, 1932