Name:
Francis Joseph Crimmins
Rank:
First Lieutenant
Serial Number:
O-495555
Unit:
17th Engineer Battalion, 2nd Armored Division
Date of Death:
1944-09-15
State:
Massachusetts
Cemetery:
Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery, Belgium
Plot:
G
Row:
6
Grave:
27
Decoration:
Purple Heart
Comments:
Francis Joseph Crimmins was born in 1907 in Hampden County, Massachusetts. He served in Company A, 17th Engineer Battalion, 2nd Armored Division, as a First Lieutenant during World War II. He was killed by a sniper while on recon near a canal north of Maastricht, Netherlands. 1Lt Crimmins is now buried in the Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery, Hombourg, Belgium.