World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
Ruel R. Crocker, Jr.
Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Middlebrook, Missouri
Honored By
Mrs. Elizabeth C. O'neill
Relationship
Daughter
66th Infantry Division, 263rd Regiment, Company K. Crossed English Channel on Christmas Eve, 1944 with hundreds. Killed when one troop ship was torpedoed and sank. Then they contained Germans in 'pockets' around submarine pens in Lorient and St. Nazaire, France until end of war.