World War II Honoree

Roy Clinton Crandall

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Fremont, Indiana

Honored By

Kenneth Crandall

Relationship

Brother

ASSIGNED TO THE 794TH ANTI-AIRCRAFT ARTILLERY AUTOMATIC WEAPONS BATTALION, D BATTERY. MUCH OF HIS TIME WAS SPENT GUARDING AIRSTRIPS AND RAILROADS. STATIONED AT CHERBOURG, VERSAILLES; PROTECTED EISENHOWER'S HEADQUARTERS. ALSO IN PARIS AND IN GERMANY AT SPEYER AND KARLSRUHE. ASSIGNED TO THE 9TH AIR DEFENSE COMMAND AT BRUSCHAL. AFTER THE WAR, HE WAS IN BREMERHAVEN. RECEIVED THE AMERICAN THEATER RIBBON, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN RIBBON WITH 1 BRONZE STAR, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, WWII VICTORY MEDAL.