Military Involvement
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Edgar Raymond Crabtree was born Jan. 30, 1917 to Clyde and Josie I. Temple Crabtree. He died Apr. 20, 2006 and is buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Tama, IA. Edgar served with the U.S. Army in World War II.
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Joseph James Crabtree was born Mar. 21, 1924 to Clyde and Josie I. Temple Crabtree. He died June 12, 1944 and is buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Tama, IA. Petty Officer Crabtree served with the U.S. Navy in World War II. He was on the battleship USS Nevada (BB-36) when the U.S. was attacked at Pearl Harbor and suffered burns on the arms and legs and was hospitalized for some time. He participated in the invasion of North Africa, Sicily and Italy before being sent to the South Pacific. He was mortally wounded while serving aboard the destroyer USS Kalk (DD-611) off Biak Island in the New Guinea area.
Source: ancestry.com
Donald Lewis Crawford was born July 20, 1927 to Ralph E. and Edith J. Lewis Crawford. He died Aug. 4, 2014 and is buried in Buckingham Cemetery, Traer, IA.
Donald served with the U.S. Army in World War II.
Source: ancestry.com
Richard Harrison Crawford was born Mar. 21, 1926 to Richard Wendell and Pearl Elizabeth Harrison Crawford. He died Apr. 9, 2017 and is buried in Buckingham Cemetery, Traer, IA.
Richard served in World War II with the U.S. Navy Seabees.
Source: ancestry.com
ServiceMen Research done by WWII Researcher, Pat Holt Juon, Jun 2021; updated Sep 2023