Born: October 29, 1909
Died: October 11, 1989
Campaigns Served: None with First Battalion
Highest Rank Attained: First Sergeant
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First Sergeant Loran Cronk joined Headquarters Company in the spring of 1944. He served with the company HQ section at Camp Pendleton during the summer of that year, and transferred out of the battalion in the fall.
He died in Newport News, Virginia, in 1989.