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Personal info

Full name
EDGINGTON, Charles Clark
Date of birth
14 February 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Wheerlersburg, Scioto County, Ohio
Hometown
Jonesboro, Grant County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
35578698
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
313th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
21 September 1944
Place of death
Near Fraimbois, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 5 77

Immediate family

Members
Leroy B. Edgington (father)
Mary E. (Pollard) Edgington (mother)
Harry R. Edgington (brother)
Robert H. Edgington (brother)
Oscar S. Edgington (brother)
William L. Edgington (brother)
Emma F. Edgington (sister)
Leroy B. Edgington (brother)
Helen P. Edgington (sister)
Clarence E. Edgington (brother)
Ethel J. (Osborn) Edgington (wife)

More information

Pfc Charles C. Edgington attended high school for two years and was employed at the Slick Glass Factory before he enlisted in Indianapolis, Indiana on 5 January 1943. He was sent overseas in May 1944.

He was killed by small arms fire.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Andilly, France.

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 / A Osborn Puite Family Tree / 1940 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card, Combat History 79th Infantry Division
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - SueMac