Born: 16 October 1918 - Home: Hart County, Kentucky
Parents: Dell & Belle Cravens - Siblings: 2 brothers, 1 sister
Inducted: U. S. Army - 21 January 1941

Training: Fort Knox, Kentucky,  Camp Polk, Louisiana
Overseas Duty: Philippine Islands
Engagements: Northern Luzon, Battle of Bataan
Prisoner of War: POW Camps:  Cabanatuan, Fukuoka Camp #17 (coal mining)
Hell Ship: Clyde Maru, Sailed: Manila - 23 July 1943 - Arrived: Moji - 9 August 1943
Liberated: September 1945 - Died 1951
Buried: Zachary Taylor National Cemetery