Comments regarding
Private First Class Raymond CRAFTON

Information compiled from various sources.
Military related information:

Service Number -1390175

Company L Muster Roll Nov-Dec 1917 Camp Logan, Houston Tx: Enlisted 18 Sep 1917. Listed as Private. Transferred from Company B 349th INF to 33rd DIV per SO#62 88th DIV dtd 25 Oct 1917; Assigned to and Joined Company L, 132nd INF 4 Nov 1917 per SO#60 dtd 5 Nov 1917. - Muster Roll Jan-Feb 1918 Camp Logan, Houston Tx: Listed as Private First Class. Promoted to PFC per O#6 dtd 1 Jan 1918. Sick in B.H. Camp Logan, Tx. - Muster Roll Mar-Apr 1918 Camp Logan, Houston Tx: Listed as Private First Class. - Muster Roll May-June 1918 A.E.F.: Listed as Private First Class. - Muster Roll July 1918 A.E.F.: Listed as Private First Class. - Company Roster January 1919 A.E.F. Gonderange, Luxembourg: Listed as Private. Rejoined Co 12 Jan 1919. - Company Roster February 1919 A.E.F. Gonderange, Luxembourg: Listed as Private. - Company Roster March 1919 A.E.F. Gonderange, Luxembourg: Listed as Private First Class. Rejoined 27 March 1919. - Company Roster April 1919 A.E.F.: Listed as Private First Class. Absent Sick since 8 April 1919. - Company Roster May 1919 Camp Grant, Illinois.: Discharged 31 May 1919. Listed as Private First Class.


WWI Victory Medal with battle Clasps

Purple Heart
 

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Death Information: Date; Age; Cause; Burial Location 

 

U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File
Name: Raymond Crafton
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 26 Mar 1894
Death Date: 4 Jun 1973
SSN: -4110
Branch 1: ARMY
Enlistment Date 1: 18 Sep 1917
Release Date 1: 31 May 1919

Find A Grave
Name: Raymond Duane Crafton Sr
Birth Date: 26 Mar 1894
Death Date: 4 Jun 1973
Cemetery: Fairview Cemetery
Burial Place: Bath, Mason County, Illinois

Spouse: Myrtes Crafton
Children: Raymond Duane Crafton
Melvin Ray Crafton

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