Harold Harry Worthington Craig
(1895-1918)
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Harold Harry Worthington Craig
[recipient of the French Croix de Guerre with Palm and Silver Star]
*No Plaque located
*The List of Liberty Row Names indicates the possible original location of the plaque.
*No soldier photograph found in the following book: Doyle, A. C., Haulsee, W. M., Howe, F. G. Soldiers of the Great War. Washington, DC: Soldiers Record Publishing Company, 1920.
Birth: 4/19/1895, Chicago, Illinois
Birth: 4/19/1895, Chicago, Illinois
Address: 1824 Idlewood Ave., Cleveland, OH, 1885 E. 75th St., Cleveland, OH, and 2185 S. Overlook Rd., Cleveland Heights, OH
Demographics: age 22 at draft registration; single; Caucasian; native-born citizen; occupation Student [attended St. John's Military Academy (location unknown), East High School, Cleveland, OH, and University of Wisconsin class of 1919]
Appearance: Height medium, Build medium, Eyes brown, Hair dark
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 8/14/1917; 9/25/1917; First Lieutenant
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 8/14/1917; 9/25/1917; First Lieutenant
Service Number: not found
Deployment: not found
Action: In 1917, he worked in France for the American Ambulance Service. He returned home to accept a commission of First Lieutenant in the Air Service, then returned to France where he died.
Death: August 20, 1918 at age 23; cause of death Killed in Action
Death: August 20, 1918 at age 23; cause of death Killed in Action
Burial: buried after death in French Civilian Cemetery, Oise, France; final burial 5/22/1929 at Oise-Aisne American Cemetery and Memorial, Seringes-et-Nesles, France, Plot C Row 21 Grave 38 [no grave photo on cemetery website]
Burial: buried after death in French Civilian Cemetery, Oise, France; final burial 5/22/1929 at Oise-Aisne American Cemetery and Memorial, Seringes-et-Nesles, France, Plot C Row 21 Grave 38 [no grave photo on cemetery website]
Next of Kin: Norman Craig, father, 2185 Overlook Rd., Cleveland Heights, OH
Next of Kin: Norman Craig, father, 2185 Overlook Rd., Cleveland Heights, OH
Additional Information: Father: Norman Craig (1874-?), born Iowa, married 1894, occupations included Secretary Casting Mill, Vice-President Craig Tractor Co., Vice-President Fuller & Smith Advertising Agency, Cleveland, OH; date of death and place of burial not found; Mother: Katherine "Kate" Austin Craig (1875-?), born Horton, Iowa, married 1894, date of death and place of burial not found; Siblings: Helen Craig?; Margaret Craig (1896-?). Sibling list may be incomplete.
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