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Personal info

Full name
CRUSE, Wayne Charles
Date of birth
30 November 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Olla, La Salle Parish, Louisiana
Hometown
Grayson, Caldwell Parish, Louisiana

Military service

Service number
38391564
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
222nd Infantry Regiment,
42nd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
26 January 1945
Place of death
Schweighouse-sur-Moder, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 40 20

Immediate family

Members
Charlie B. Cruse (father)
Georgia E. (Gilliam) Cruse (mother)
James W. Cruse (brother)
Gwendolyn Cruse (sister)
Bennie R. Cruse (brother)
Raymond Cruse (brother)
Murial E. (Cobb) Cruse (wife)

More information

Pfc Wayne C. Cruse attended high school for 4 years and was a driver before he volunteered for the Army of the United States in Shreveport, Louisiana on 25 May 1943. He was sent overseas in November 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Nelson Family Tree / 1930 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.findagrave.com, www.newspapers.com – Caldwell Watchman Louisiana 9 March 1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Andy, www.ancestry.com – Travis Jackson, www.newspapers.com – Caldwell Watchman Louisiana 9 March 1945