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Personal info

Full name
CRUMLEY, Oliver Franklin
Date of birth
30 January 1916
Age
29
Place of birth
Clinton, Henry County, Missouri
Hometown
Johnson, Stanton County, Kansas

Military service

Service number
37745188
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
253rd Infantry Regiment,
63rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
7 April 1945
Place of death
Near Kressbach, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 15 27

Immediate family

Members
Daniel O. Crumley (father)
Laura (Plotner) Crumley (mother)
Andrew J. Crumley (brother)
Herbert G. Crumley (brother)
Lawrence V. Crumley (brother)
Bula M. Crumley (sister)
Martha E. Crumley (sister)
Theron H. Crumley (brother)
Mary L. Crumley (sister)
Rosemary Crumley (wife)

More information

Pfc Oliver F. Crumley attended high school for one year and was a driver before he enlisted at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas on 6 June 1944.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in his buttock and hip.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.63rdinfdiv.com, www.findagrave.com – R & S
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