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Personal info

Full name
CROWDER, Paul Cyrel
Date of birth
21 June 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Roanoke, Virginia
Hometown
Roanoke, Virginia

Military service

Service number
33533066
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
104th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
22 November 1944
Place of death
Southeast of Albestroff, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 11 58

Immediate family

Members
Charles C. Crowder (father)
Laurel R. (Levy) Crowder (mother)
Douglas C. Crowder (brother)

More information

Pvt Paul C. Crowder attended Jefferson High School and was employed at the N and W Railway Company before he enlisted.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Grand-Failly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, After Action Report 26th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - James L. Cooper

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Silvano Theunissen, www.newspapers.com – U.S. School Yearbooks Roanoke, Virginia