US PARAS Crawford, Stanley Clair

[Craig Robertson]

• SURNAME

Crawford​

• FORENAME

Stanley Clair​

• UNIT

503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment (Company I)​

• RANK

Private​

• NUMBER

20744236​

• DATE OF DEATH

27th February 1945​

• AGE

33​

• GRAVESITE

Zion Lutheran Cemetery, Douds, Iowa, USA​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

born 12.06.1911 Douds, Iowa, USA​

father William Johnson Crawford (1864-1947)​

mother Marian H. (nee Brown) Crawford (1876-1950)​

4 years high school​

attended Douds High School​

civil occupation Carpenter​

employed by Herman Unsderfer, Contractor, Des Moines, Iowa​

16.10.1940 draft card Polk County, Iowa​

single without dependents upon enlistment​

13.01.1941 entered service (113th Cavalry)​

1942 Paratrooper​

posthumous Silver Star​

KIA Corregidor Island, Philippines​

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