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Personal info

Full name
JANNEY, Charles Wilton
Date of birth
26 April 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Callaway, Franklin County, Virginia
Hometown
Callaway, Franklin County, Virginia

Military service

Service number
33216925
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
313th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
14 October 1944
Place of death
Near Embernénil, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 25 42

Immediate family

Members
Charles C. Janney (father)
Ada E. (Radford) Janney (mother)
Everette E. Janney (brother)
Earnest L. Janney (brother)
Robert F. Janney (brother)
Ollie M. Janney (sister)
Lessie G. (Underwood) Janney (wife)

More information

Pfc Charles W. Janney worked on his own farm before he enlisted in Roanoke, Virginia on 11 November 1942.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in his neck and back.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Pittman Family Tree / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, Combat History 79th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - MAJ Jimmy Cotton
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy