Crang Welby N.

Name:

Welby N. Crang

Rank:

Sergeant First Class

Serial Number:

Unit:

51st Aero Squadron

Date of Death:

1917-12-28

State:

Illinois

Cemetery:

Woodlawn Cemetery, Clinton, DeWitt County, Illinois

Plot:

Block H

Row:

Grave:

Decoration:

Comments:

Welby N. Crang was born on January 23, 1892, in Clinton, Illinois. He was the son of Charles Crang and Nancy Susan Nall Crang.

Welby served in the 51st Aero Squadron during World War I. He died in France on December 28, 1917, and is now buried in the Woodlawn Cemetery, Clinton, DeWitt County, Illinois, USA. Sgt Crang was one of the 171 American servicemen who trained at the Third Aviation Instruction Center in France and died between 1917-1919.

The DeWitt county post of the American Legion had been named the Crang-Bennett post. The name was chosen in honor of Welby Crang, the first DeWitt count man to lose his life in the service, and of Artie Bennett, the first DeWitt county man who died in action.

Source of information: www.findagrave.com