Entered the service November 16, 1942
Wife: Mrs. Eliza Florence Crawford
Buried at City Cemetery, Kingsport, TN
Pvt Crawford took his training at Camp Wheeler, Georgia, after entering service, November 16, 1942. He went overseas February 15, 1943 and was with Company D, U.S. Infantry. He died August 6, 1943 in North Africa of shrapnel wounds.
- Rank: Private
- Date of birth: 31 December 1918
- Date of death: 6 August 1943
- County: Sullivan
- Hometown: Kingsport
- Service Branch: Army/Army Air Forces
- Division/Assignment: 15th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Division
- Theater: North Africa
- Conflict: World War II
- Awards: Purple Heart
- Burial/Memorial Location: City Cemetery, Kingsport, TN
- Location In Memorial: Pillar XVIII, Middle Panel
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