US PARAS Crooks, Claude Vaudry, Jr

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Crooks ​

• FORENAME

Claude Vaudry, Jr ​

• UNIT

507 Parachute Infantry Regiment (Company I) ​

• RANK

First Lieutenant ​

• NUMBER

0-1010521 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

23rd June 1944 ​

• AGE

23​

• GRAVESITE

Westview Cemetery, Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, USA. Plot Terrace F, Lot 50​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia​

born 19.10.1920 Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, USA​

father Claude Vaudry Crooks (1896-1960)​

mother Ora Ray (nee Barnes) Crooks (1899-1958)​

4 years high school​

1938 graduated Tech High​

attended Atlanta Junior College​

attended High Museum of Art​

civil occupation Actor​

single without dependents upon enlistment​

entered service 24.02.1941 Atlanta, Georgia (service number 20444230, Rank 1st SGT)​

Georgia National Guard Artillery​

1943 commissioned 2nd LT. (Armoured Division, Fort Knox, Kentucky)​

507 PIR​

KIA Normandy ​

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