Name:
Frederick F. Crider
Rank:
Staff Sergeant
Serial Number:
Unit:
134th Infantry Regiment, 35th Infantry Division
Date of Death:
1945-01-25
State:
Kansas
Cemetery:
HIghland Cemetery, Junction City, Kansas
Plot:
Section D
Row:
Grave:
Decoration:
Purple Heart
Comments:
Frederick F. Crider was born on March 13, 1914. He was the son of Frank Hycen Crider and Mary Chipman Doryland Crider. He served in the 134th Infantry Regiment, 35th Infantry Division as a Staff Sergeant during World War II. He was killed in the Battle of the Bulge with eleven other men in his company as they struggled forward in deep snow under heavy and accurate German gunfire during the liberation of Weiswampach in northern Luxembourg. He is now buried in the Highland Cemetery, Junction City, Geary County, Kansas, USA at the age of 30.