Sgt. Richard Bernard Cronin
Born: 24 May 1918 – Chicago, Illinois
Parents: Roy Cronin and Madeline Gaffney-Cronin
Home:
– 2102 South Tenth Avenue – Maywood, Illinois
Education:
– Garfield School
– Proviso Township High School
– Class of 1937
– varsity basketball team captain
– all-state team
Employment: Campbell Soup Company
Selective Service Registration: 16 October 1940
– Contact Person: Roy Charles Cronin – father
Residence: 1842 South Cicero Avenue – Cicero, Illinois
Wife:
– Betty Hunter-Cronin
Son:
– Michael
Residence: 1012 South Greenwood Avenue – Maywood, Illinois
Inducted:
– May 1944
– U. S. Army
Serial Number: 36982557
Training:
– Fort Walters, Texas
Unit: 163rd Infantry Regiment, 41st Infantry Division
Engagements:
– Battle of Mindanao – Philippine Islands
– landed at Zamboanga, Mindanao – 10 March 1945
– Sanga-Sanga – 2 April 1945
– Jolo Island – 9 April 1945
– wounded
Died:
– Hospitalized on Leyte
– 4 May 1945 – died from wounds
Buried:
– American Military Cemetery – Manila, Philippine Islands
– Plot: B Row: 10 Grave: 113
