Corporal Max G. Critchfield 20838945

Corporal Max G. Critchfield 20838945 US Army. Born 6 August 1919 in Imperial, Nebraska. Attended schools in Kit Carson County and was a hatchery supervisor at the time of joining service on 16 September 1940 at the age of 21. He trained in Oklahoma, Texas, Massachusetts, New York, and Virginia, and served with Company I, 157th Infantry Regiment, 45th Infantry Division. Fought in the campaigns of Sicily, Naples Foggia, Rome Arno, Southern France, Rhineland and Central Europe (ETO). Honorably discharged on 7 November 1945, his decorations include the ETO Ribbon with 6 Battle Stars, and Dist. Unit Citation (PUC). He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. John W. Critchfield of Burlington and brother of Sergeant Jack L. Critchfield, Private First Class George W. Critchfield, and Private John Junior Critchfield.

 

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1- THE FIGHTING MEN OF Colorado – Asiatic-Pacific Theater World War Two – 1948

2- https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=893&mtch=1&cat=all&tf=F&q=Max+G.+Critchfield&bc=sd&rpp=10&pg=1&rid=2086549