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Personal info

Full name
ANDERSON, Charles Milton
Date of birth
26 June 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Grasonville, Queen Anne's County, Maryland
Hometown
Baltimore, Maryland

Military service

Service number
33907232
Rank
Private
Function
Rifleman
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
253rd Infantry Regiment,
63rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
7 April 1945
Place of death
Untergriesheim, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
E 47 26

Immediate family

Members
John H. Anderson (father)
Effie C. (Horney) Anderson (mother)
John W. Anderson (brother)
Norman Anderson (brother)
Edna G. Anderson (sister)
Mildred O. Anderson (wife)
Joan E. Anderson (daughter)

More information

Pvt Charles M. Anderson was a crane operator at the Bethlehem Steel Company before he enlisted in Baltimore, Maryland on 28 July 1944.

He died of a bayonet chest wound.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Sonnenschein Family Tree / 1930 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.63rdinfdiv.com, www.findagrave.com - Russ Pickett
Photo source: www.ancestry.com - J Sunshine