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George W CRANDALL
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| NUMBER OF SERVICE | 36400069 | ||||||
| AGE | 34 yo | ||||||
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1910 Holt County NEBRASKA | ||||||
| ETAT | Laclede County MISSOURI | ||||||
| FAMILY | Parents: William Ezekiel CRANDALL & Ida Mae HEMINOVER CRANDALL | ||||||
| RANK | PVT | ||||||
| FONCTION | Infantry | ||||||
| JOB BEFORE ENLISTEMENT | - |  | |||||
| DATE of ENLISTEMENT | 15 September 1942 Kalamazoo MICHIGAN | ||||||
| REGIMENT | 116th Infantry Regiment | ||||||
| DIVISION | 29th Infantry Division | ||||||
| DATE OF DEATH | 17 june 1944 |  | |||||
| STATUS | KIA | ||||||
| PLACE OF DEATH | Sector of St Lo | ||||||
| CEMETERY | NORMANDY AMERICAN CEMETERY of Colleville | ||||||
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June 17, 1944 The 29th Infantry Division is 3 miles from St Lo. His goal: Free the city of St Lo. The command post is at Govin. For almost 3 weeks, the positions are not going to move, the Germans will attack four times without success. The 116th and 115th are fighting in the area of Couvains with heavy losses. The wounded are taken care of by the 104th Medical Battalion | |||||||
Photo taken in 1941 in Stafford NEBRASKA |
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| SOURCE INFORMATION & PHOTO | Clive TIRLEMONT - Frédéric LAVERNHE |
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| PROGRAMMER | Frédéric & Renaud |