- SURNAME
Cripps
- FORENAME
John Irving
- UNIT
2nd Ranger Bn (Company E)
- RANK
Technical Sergeant
- NUMBER
35422303
- AWARD
Silver Star
- PLACE
Europe 1944 (Normandy 6th June)
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
born 23.12.1921, Fairfield, Ohio, USA
father William I. Cripps
mother Harriett D. (nee Mansbarger) Cripps
attended Liberty Union School
13.10.1942 enlisted Fort Hayes, Ohio
WIA 09.1944
served England, Normandy, Ardennes & Germany
29.06.1945 discharged
14.02.1948 married Betty M. (nee Smith) Cripps (1926-2011)
daughter Connie Cripps (1952-2013)
3 other children
employed in Construction
died 27.04.1993 (Aged 71)
Floral Hills Memory Gardens, Lancaster, Ohio, USA
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