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CRAIG, William A - Date of
birth
3 May 1919 -
Age
25 - Place of
birth
Bronx, New York City, New York -
Hometown
Yonkers, Westchester County, New York
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
12148603 -
Rank
Technical Sergeant -
Function
Platoon Commander -
Unit
313th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
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Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart
Death
-
Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
19 December 1944 - Place of
death
Near Scheibenhardt, Germany
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg - Tablets of the Missing
Immediate family
-
Members
Alexander M. Craig (father)
Laura Craig (mother)
Marjory A. (Parsons) Craig (wife)
William T. Craig (son)
More information
T/Sgt William A. Craig attended Yonkers High School for four years and was a financial institution clerk at the Colonial Trust Company before he volunteered for the Army of the United States in New York City, New York on 29 September 1942. He was sent overseas in June 1944.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / New York Birth Index, www.findagrave.com - MAJ Jimmy Cotton, Combat History 79th Infantry Division
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.newspapers.com - The Herald Statesman, 7 September 1945