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Dale Anthony Crandall

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Dale Anthony Crandall
b. July 25, 1888, d. November 1968

Galesburg resident Dale Anthony Crandall filled out his draft registration card on June 5, 1917, which was the first day of the national registry for all men between the ages of 21 and 31. He listed his occupation as farming on his draft card. He entered military service at the age of 30, on April 1, 1918, and soon after traveled to France on May 21. The museum has a number of letters and postcards from Dale to family in Galesburg.

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This publication documents what happened on the day Crandall was wounded in combat and earned his Purple Heart. Crandall’s Company was part of the forces involved in the Battle of the Argonne Forest that fought from September 26, 1918, until the Armistice on November 11, a total of 47 days.

During the first day of the battle, Dale was wounded in combat. He was lucky to survive that day. The Battle of the Argonne Forest was the deadliest battle of WWI for the United States, involving 1.2 million American soldiers, leaving 26,277 of them dead and 95,786 wounded. This is about half the total American casualties for the entire war. Dale survived the rest of the war and stayed in the service until 1920. He returned to Galesburg, married, and was active in the Knox County VFW. Dale passed away in 1968, at the age of 80.