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SECOND LIEUTENANT EDGAR S.
CROUTHAMEL was born on February 2, 1920 to the Reverend Edgar
C. and Gertrude Crouthamel. His family moved to Gloucester City NJ sometime after
1930. He was a graduate of Haddon Heights (NJ) High School and Drexel
Institute in Philadelphia PA. He starred in baseball and football
while at Drexel, leading the team in scoring as a wide receiver.
Edgar Crouthamel entered
the Army and qualified for service in the Army Air Force. He qualified
for flight duty, and was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant at Stockton
Field CA on June 18, 1943. He was then assigned to fly two-engine
transports and was based in Boise ID prior to being assigned to a bomber crew, flying B-24 bombers.
He had completed 18 missions when, on April 2, 1944, he was killed when
his plane crashed in England on the return leg of an air raid on
Germany.
Edgar Crouthamel was
survived by his parents, of 927 Gaunt Street, Gloucester City NJ, his wife, the former Rena E. Mickle, of 305 South Girard
Street in Woodbury NJ, a brother John D. Crouthamel, and five sisters.
One sister was Gertrude M. Crouthamel Eadline. Two
of Gertrude's brothers-in-law would also be killed while serving in the
armed forces during World War II, Lloyd
Eadline, and Allan Eadline.
Edgar Crouthamel was brought back to New
Jersey after the war, and he rests in Locustwood Cemetery in what is now
Cherry Hill NJ, next to his parents. |
