RESIDENCE (DURING WWII):
Highland Park, Michigan
FULL NAME:
Phillip E. Crown
ARMY SERIAL NUMBER (ASN):
16082104
- DATE OF BIRTH: Feb 24, 1921
- DATE OF DEATH: Mar 25, 1999
DATE / PLACE OF ENLISTMENT:
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DATE OF ENLISTMENT:Mar 30, 1942
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PLACE OF ENLISTMENT:Detroit, Michigan
ORGANIZATION:
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MAIN UNIT:23rd Infantry Regiment
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SUBUNIT:Company A, 1st Battalion
RANK / POSITION IN UNIT (LAST KNOWN):
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RANK:Private First Class (Pfc.)
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POSITION IN UNIT:Rifleman
BATTLES AND CAMPAIGNS:
✭ Normandy Campaign (6 June – 24 July 1944), ✭ Northern France Campaign (25 July – 14 September 1944), ✭ Ardennes-Alsace Campaign (16 December 1944 – 25 January 1945), ✭ Rhineland Campaign (15 September 1944 – 21 March 1945), ✭ Central Europe Campaign (22 March – 11 May 1945)
DECORATIONS AND CITATIONS (AWARDS):
🎖Bronze Star Medal, 🎖Good Conduct Medal, 🎖American Campaign Medal, 🎖European–African–Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, 🎖Combat Infantry Badge
SUMMARY OF HIS SERVICE:
Phillip E. Crown served in England and Normandy in 1944 with the 1067th Quartermaster Company (Aviation), a specialized U.S. Army Air Forces logistics unit supporting Ninth Air Force fighter operations. In September 1944, he was transferred to the 1012th Signal Company, where he contributed to communications support within Allied forces. In February 1945, he was reassigned to a Replacement Depot and later joined Company A, 23rd Infantry Regiment, on April 19, 1945. As a member of the 2nd Infantry Division Pfc. Phillip E. Crown took part in the final campaign in Germany and Czechoslovakia, where the war ended for him.
