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Clinton Gerald CRANDALL
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| NUMBER OF SERVICE | 42023380 | ||||||
| AGE | 26 yo | ||||||
| DATE OF BIRTH |
7 July 1918 NEW YORK | ||||||
| ENLISTMENT STATE | NEW YORK | ||||||
| FAMILY |
Epouse : Audrey Fille : Sally Lou Parents : Clinton E & Aneta Reah Fletcher CRANDALL Frères : Clayton, Théodore, Lloyd et Howard | ||||||
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| JOB BEFORE ENLISTEMENT | Skilled mechanics and repairmen, motor vehicles |  | |||||
| DATE of ENLISTEMENT | 16 aout 1943 Rochester NEW YORK | ||||||
| COMPANY | 784th Engineer Petroleum Distribution Company | ||||||
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| DATE OF DEATH | 27 November 1944 |
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| STATUS | DNB (Died Non-Battle) | ||||||
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CEMTERY TEMPORARY of Luynes Cemetery, Aix-En-Provance N°3551
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| CEMETERY | RHONE AMERICAN CEMETERY and MEMORIAL of Draguignan | ||||||
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| Tec 4 Clinton G. “Gerard” Crandall, born 7 Jul 1918, was the oldest son of Clinton Edwin and Anita Reah (Fletcher) Crandall of Piffard, Livingston County, New York. Piffard is 29 miles southwest of Rochester and 55 miles due east of Buffalo, NY. He left a wife Audrey and 22 month old daughter Sally Lou.
In the 1930 census 11-year-old Gerard is living with his parents and brothers Theodor 8, Clayton 6, and Lloyd 2, on Craigs Road in York, Livingston County, New York. York is four miles northwest of Piffard. His father is the caretaker on a farm.In the 1940 census 21-year-old Gerard is living with his parents and brothers Theodore 18, Clayton 15, Lloyd 12, and Howard 9, still in York. His father is a truck driver for a canning factory. Gerard owns and drives his own truck. Theodore is a laborer in the canning factory.Gerard married Audrey May Hasler on 16 May 1942 in Geneseo, Livingston County, New York. Geneseo is three miles southeast of Piffard. Daughter Sally was born in Feb 1943.Gerard enlisted 16 Aug 1943 at Rochester, NY. He’d had 4 years of high school and was married. His civil occupation was skilled mechanics and repairmen, motor vehicles.The NARA WWII casualty listings by state and county show Crandall, Clinton G., 42025317, Tec 4, from Erie County, New York as DNB (Died Non-Battle). Tec 4 Crandall died in a motorcycle accident in southern France on 27 Nov 1944.Audrey remarried Richard White after the war. She passed away in 19 Jan 1984 in Geneseo, NY.
The Democrat and Chronicle (Rochester, New York) 19 Dec 1944 – MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT KILLS SERGEANT – Geneseo – Sgt. Clinton Gerard Crandall, 26, was killed in a motorcycle accident in Southern France according to word received here Dec. 1 from the War Department. Sergeant Crandall entered the service Sept. 6, 1943, and trained at Camp Claiborne, La. He arrived in Africa in April, 1944 and in France in Sept. He is survived by his wife, Audrey Hasler Crandall of Geneseo, and 22-month-old daughter Sally Lou, parents, Mr. and Mrs. Clinton E. Crandall of York; four brothers, C 2c Clayton Crandall, U.S. Navy, Theodore of Utica, Lloyd and Howard of York. | |||||||
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| SOURCE INFORMATION & SOURCE PHOTO | Aad.archives.gov - Weremember.abmc.gov - Findagrave.com - Fold3 |
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| EDITORS | Victor, Jean-Philippe, Eric, Henri, Garrett, Clive, Frédéric & Renaud |