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NAME Crawford Edward Scott |
NICKNAME — |
SERVICE NUMBER 298715 |
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| UNIT Marine Detachment USS Arizona |
HOME OF RECORD North Kansas City, MO |
NEXT OF KIN Parents, John & Grace Scott |
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| DATE OF BIRTH July 12, 1920 at Rippey, IA |
ENTERED SERVICE October 11, 1940 at Kansas City, MO |
DATE OF LOSS December 7, 1941 |
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| REGION Hawaiian Islands |
CAMPAIGN / AREA Pearl Harbor |
CASUALTY TYPE Killed In Action |
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| CIRCUMSTANCES OF LOSS PFC Crawford E. Scott was a member of the Marine detachment aboard the battleship USS Arizona. He was aboard on 7 December 1941 when his ship was bombed and sunk by Japanese aircraft at the battle of Pearl Harbor. Scott’s remains were never identified, and are believed to rest aboard the Arizona to this day. |
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| INDIVIDUAL DECORATIONS Purple Heart |
LAST KNOWN RANK Private First Class |
STATUS OF REMAINS Not recovered. |
MEMORIALS Lowry City Cemetery, MO USS Arizona Memorial Honolulu Memorial |
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I heard his name my entire growing up life. He was my mom’s cousin. His grandmother and mine were sisters and my mother was so very proud of him and made sure all of us kids would never forget.