US PARAS Craighill, Edley,Jr

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Craighill ​

• FORENAME

Edley,Jr ​

• UNIT

501 Parachute Infantry Regiment (Company A) ​

• RANK

First Lieutenant ​

• NUMBER

0-1287149 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

14th June 1944 ​

• AGE

23 ​

• GRAVESITE

Spring Hill Cemetery, Lynchburg, Virginia, USA. Section XC, Lot 93, Space 1​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Campbell County,Virginia​

born 22.11.1920 Lynchburg,Virginia​

son of Colonel Edley Craighill (1894-1974) and Julia Payne (nee Howard) Edley (1895-1992), Staunton, Virginia​

award Silver Star​

KIA Normandy ​

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