World War II Honoree

William Robert Crozier

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Johnstown, Pennsylvania

Honored By

Daughter

MY DAD ENTERED THE SERVICE IN MARCH 1944 AND WAS SENT TO FORT MEADE, MARYLAND. SERIAL NUMBER 33845907. SERVED IN COMPANY A, 422ND INFANTRY DIVISION. HE LEFT FOR EUROPE ON OCTOBER 21, 1944 AND ARRIVED ON OCTOBER 29, 1944. FOUGHT IN CAMPAIGNS IN ARDENNES GO 40 WD 45, RHINELAND GO 40 WD 45. HE WAS CAPTURED BY THE GERMANS AND WAS LISTED AS MISSING IN ACTION ON DECEMBER 16, 1944. HE WAS A POW IN STALAG 4B, KRIEGSGEFANGENENPOST, GERMANY. HE WAS WOUNDED (SHRAPNEL IN THE LEFT LEG). HIS POW NUMBER WAS 315162. HE LEFT EUROPE ON JUNE 2, 1945 AND ARRIVED STATESIDE JUNE 12, 1945. HONORABLY DISCHARGED FROM FORT ORD, CALIFORNIA ON DECEMBER 6, 1945 AND RETURNED HOME TO JOHNSTOWN. AWARDED COMBAT INFANTRYMAN MEDAL, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, BATTLE OF ARDENNES BRONZE STAR, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH BRONZE STAR, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, PURPLE HEART.