Wright County

 

Lt. Clifford Henry Crowe, Jr.

 

 

 

Clifford Henry Crowe, Jr. was born Mar. 12, 1921 to Clifford Henry (Sr.) and Norine Margareta Wohlenberg Crowe. He died Dec. 22, 2007 and is buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Clarion, IA.

Lt. Col. Crowe served with the U.S. Army Air Corps in World War II. At the conclusion of the war, Cliff was made deputy commander for a group returning to pick up B-29 bombers. He received the usual American citations with a Bronze Star and the prestigious French Fourragere. He completed 22 years of honorable service in the armed forces.

Source: “Ordinary Heroes”, Judge Newt Draheim - Chapter 31

Source: ancestry.com