MERRILL'S MARAUDERS Critcher, William Edgar,Jr

John Robertson

Administrator
Staff member
  • SURNAME
Critcher
  • FORENAME
William Edgar,Jr
  • UNIT
3 Bn (Orange Combat Team)
  • RANK
Corporal
  • NUMBER
34666783
  • AWARD
Bronze Star,Purple Heart
  • PLACE
Burma 1944
  • ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
from St Matthews,Wake County,North Carolina
born 13.8.1922 Norfolk,Virginia
son of William Edgar and Ethel May (nee Bullock) Critcher
1 year college
enlisted 12.2.1943 Fort Bragg,North Carolina
386 Infantry Regiment (Company M)
Marauders 1944
WIA 14.6.1944 Burma
475 Infantry Regiment (Company I,3 Bn) 1944-45
achieved rank of Staff Sergeant
honorable discharge 1945
US Postal Service,Raleigh (retired 1980 after 35 years)
married Mary Edna Parsons 15.3.1947 (1923-2010) (1 son Trip)
died 14.4.2007 Raleigh,North Carolina
Montlawn Memorial Park,Raleigh,Wake County,North Carolina
 
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