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 Part 11/47 of the Pottawattamie Area World War II Dead Roster, 11 "Cp-Cz" records
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† Crane, Clell Carl, SN 19-134-834, US Army, Marion Co., OR

b. 31 Jan 1924 Stayton, Marion Co., OR; s/o Clement Clarence Crane (b. Kane Co., IL) & Barbara Schlies (b. Kewaunee Co., WI).
art student at University of Oregon prior to enlistment.
entered service 4 Dec 1942 at Eugene, Lane Co., OR; service credited to Marion Co., OR; buried Netherlands American Cem., Margraten, east of Maastricht, Netherlands.
Co. B, 406th Inf. Regt., 102nd Inf. Div. (406th Regt. was attached to 2nd Armored Div., XIX Corps, Ninth Army 6–25 Nov 1944); KIA 22 Nov 1944 near Linnich, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Military Note: Silver Star for actions on 19 Nov 1944.
WWII Germany > The ETO > Rhineland, Fall 1944 > Operation Queen

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† Crane, Laurence Victor, SN 39-477-434, US Army, Marion Co., OR

b. 11 Jun 1920 West Stayton, Marion Co., OR; s/o Henry Martin Crane (b. Greene Co., IL) & Virginia Rebecca "Jennie" Fizer (b. Salem Co., MO).
married Phyllis Jean Meng of Marion Co., OR, Aug 1941, two children.
entered service 8 Jun 1944 at Fort Lewis, WA; service credited to Marion Co., OR; buried Manila American Cem., Luzon, Philippines.
132nd Inf. Regt., Americal Div., Eighth Army; KIA 30 Mar 1945 Cebu, Philippines.
WWII Japan > Philippines Liberated > Southern Philippines

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about Clell and Lawrence Crane:

Laurence Victor Crane was the nephew of roster member Harold Meng of Montgomery Co.
Clell Carl Crane was the nephew of Laurence Victor Crane.

† Crawford, George Almon, SN 320-36-81, US Navy, Harrison Co.

b. 31 Jan 1901 New Market, Taylor Co.; s/o Wilbur C. Crawford (b. Wyandotte Co., KS; d. 1940) & Susie Eyre (b. Peoria Co., IL); parents divorced; mother married William D. Arthur 1916.
pre-WW II service; next of kin sister, Mrs. Gladys Knierim, Dunlap, IA; body not recovered; memorialized Walls of the Missing, Manila American Cem., Luzon, Philippines.
escort carrier USS Gambier Bay (CVE-73); KIA 25 Oct 1944 off Samar, Philippines; Gambier Bay sunk by Japanese shells, about 147 died.
WWII Japan > Philippines Liberated > Battle of Leyte Gulf @ Battle off Samar

† Crawford, William Frank Jr., SN 620-07-89, US Navy, Cass Co.

b. 28 Mar 1920 Anita, Cass Co.; s/o William F. Crawford Sr. & Daisy C. Jenkins, both b. Cass Co.
entered service 13 Oct 1941 from Anita, Cass Co; next of kin mother, Mrs. Daisy Crawford, Anita, IA; body not recovered; memorialized Walls of the Missing, Manila American Cem., Luzon, Philippines.
destroyer USS Barton (DD 599) ; KIA 13 Nov 1942 Ironbottom Sound, north of Guadalcanal, Solomon Is.; Barton sunk by two Japanese Long Lance torpedoes; 164 died, 68 survived.
WWII Japan > Solomons Islands > Guadalcanal Naval War @ First Naval Battle of Guadalcanal

† Crockett, Oliver Eldon, SN 37-490-415, US Army, Gentry Co., MO & Pott. Co.

b. 24 Oct 1922 Gentry Co., MO; s/o Oliver M. Crockett & Stella B. Kier, both b. Gentry Co.; raised in Gentry Co.
lived in Co. Bluffs as young adult.
entered service Feb 1944 from Gentry Co., MO; service credited to Gentry Co., MO; buried Brittany American Cem., St.-James, Manche Dept., Normandy, France.
23rd Inf. Regt., 2nd Inf. Div., VIII Corps; KIA 11 Sep 1944 near Brest, Brittany, France.
WWII Germany > The ETO > Liberation > Brittany, Aug–Sep 1944

† Crook, Lyle William SN 0-1-286-445, US Army, Cerro Gordo Co.

b. 11 Feb 1913 rural Sheffield, Franklin Co.; s/o Frank J. Crook (b. Butler Co.) & Esther L. Leider (b. Iowa).
married Mabel M. Hansen Mar 1934 in Manly, Worth Co.; she b. Audubon Co. and moved to Sheffield, Franklin Co. in late 1920s, one child, divorced; married Eva Stoma Dec 1942 in Rapides Parish, LA, one child.
entered service 8 Feb 1941 from Mason City, Cerro Gordo Co., service credited to Montgomery Co., reason unknown; buried Rhone American Cem., Draguignan, Provence, France.
146th Inf. Regt., 36th Inf. Div., VI Corps, Seventh Army; KIA 28 Aug 1944 Montelimar, Drôme Dept., Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Region, southern France.
Miliitary Note: posthumous Silver Star.
WWII Germany > The ETO > Liberation > Southern France

† Crose, James Harvey, SN 37-470-848, US Army Air Force, Pott. Co.

b. 3 Sep 1923 Omaha; s/o Arthur J. Crose (b. Tulare Co., CA) & Katherine A. Fisher (b. Wisconsin); family lived in Omaha & Co. Bluffs.
entered service 29 Jan 1943 from Co. Bluffs; service credited to Pott. Co.; buried Manila American Cem., Luzon, Philippines.
498th Bomber Sqdn., 345th Bomb. Gp., Fifth Air Force; on Liberty Ship SS Thomas Nelson; KIA 12 Nov 1944, Dulag Harbor, Leyte Gulf, Philippines; kamikaze attack, Thomas Nelson survived; 136 died of whom 133 were Army Air Force personnel.
WWII Japan > Air Force War with Japan > Fifth Air Force

† Curry, Jack Benton, SN 98,652, US Merchant Marine, Pott. Co.

b. about 1917 New Mexico; s/o Arthur B. Curry (b. Vernon Co., WI; d. 1933) & Ada Montgomery (b. Kaufman Co., TX; d. 1940); family moved to Omaha before 1920 and to Co. Bluffs before 1925.
body not recovered.
tanker Pan Massachusetts fireman/wiper; d. 19 Feb 1942, off Cape Canaveral, FL; Pan Massachusetts torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-128; 20 died, 18 survived.
WWII Germany > Battle of the Atlantic

† Curtis, Alton B., SN 37-692-006, US Army, Audubon Co.

b. 20 Mar 1909 Douglas Twp., Audubon Co.; s/o Ned Curtis (b. Avoca, Pott. Co.) & Augusta Volkman (b. Germany; d. 1944); family moved to Nebraska in the late 1920s.
returned to Audubon Co. in early 1930s; married Kathryn J. Ripley 1934 in Audubon, three children.
entered service 14 Mar 1944 from Audubon, Audubon Co.; service credited to Audubon Co.; buried Lorraine American Cem., St. Avold, Moselle Dept., France.
328th Inf. Regt., 26th Inf. Div., XII Corps, Third Army; KIA 15 Nov 1944 NE of Nancy, near Wuisse, Moselle Dept., Lorraine, France.
WWII Germany > The ETO > Lorraine-Alsace, Fall 1944 > Lorraine/Third Army

† Curtis, Edwin Palmer, SN 316-72-93, US Navy, Harrison Co.

b. 25 Dec 1920 Missouri Valley, Harrison Co. s/o Simon P. Curtis (b. Iowa) & Eva E. Jenkins (b. St. Johns Twp., Harrison Co.); family lived in St. Johns Twp., rural Missouri Valley and moved to Oregon in 1941.
entered service 12 Dec 1940 from Rt. 2, Missouri Valley, Harrison Co. at Omaha, NE; buried Forest View Cem., Forest Grove, Washington Co., OR.
previous service on heavy cruiser USS Chester (CA-27); d. 30 Sep 1943 Mare Island, Vallejo, Solano Co., CA; drowned.

† Cutler, Donald Lee, SN 39-603-009, US Army, Pott. Co.

b. 12 Nov 1917 Shenandoah, Page Co.; s/o Lee Roy Rowe (b. St. Joseph, MO) & Myrtle M. Dodge (b. Saline Co., NE); parernts divorced; mother married George N. Cutler of Shenandoah Jul 1922 in Omaha; Donald Lee Rowe became Donald Lee Cutler; mother and stepfather divorced; mother married Harry C. Baxter of Co. Bluffs.
farmhand in Haakon Co., SD in 1940.
enlisted 1 Oct 1941 at Missoula, Missoula Co., MT from Big Horn Co., MT; service credited to Pott. Co.; buried Lorraine American Cem., St. Avold, Moselle Dept., France.
Co. E, 254th Inf. Regt., 63rd Inf. Div., VI Corps, Seventh Army; KIA 8 Apr 1945 near Weißbach on the Kocher River, SW of Würzburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
WWII Germany > The ETO > Central Europe > Central Germany

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