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Personal info

Full name
CRATES, William Cecil
Date of birth
3 December 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Van Wert County, Ohio
Hometown
Grass Lake, Jackson County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36192272
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
310th Infantry Regiment,
78th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
5 March 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
F 10 25

Immediate family

Members
Walter G. Crates (father)
Estella C. (Binkley) Crates (mother)
Ruby E. Crates (sister)
Lucille C. Crates (sister)
John E. Crates (brother)
Mary E. Crates (sister)
Mildred M. Crates (sister)
Ethel Crates (sister)
Frances Crates (sister)
Illa Crates (sister)
Eleanor Crates (wife)

More information

Pfc William C. Crates enlisted in Kalamazoo, Michigan on 26 August 1942.

His name is engraved on the Jackson County WWII Memorial.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, Susan Linton - Detroit Times Extra - 4 April 1945, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - WWII Enlistment Record, 1920/1930 Census, Kat Johnson Family Tree / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Susan Linton - Jackson Citizen Patriot - 30 March 1945, Dania - Carnegie Reference Desk, Jackson District Library