Harold Harry Worthington Craig

Harold Harry Worthington Craig

*First Lieutenant Harry Worthington Craig was a recipient of the French Croix de Guerre with Palm and Silver Star. The French Croix de Guerre with Palm is one of France's most prestigious awards for extraordinary bravery and heroism in combat. A Silver Star on the Croix de Guerre indicates an even higher degree of recognition for gallant conduct and acknowledges that the soldier was mentioned in dispatches for exemplary service.*

*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

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 not noted), 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

Service Number: not found

Deployment: deployment record not found

Action: In 1917, he worked in France for six months for the American Ambulance Service. He returned home in 1917 to accept a commission of First Lieutenant in the Air Service, then returned to France [deployment date not found] where he died.