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Personal info

Full name
PEABODY, Charles Leigh
Date of birth
7 January 1913
Age
31
Place of birth
Houlton, Aroostook County, Maine
Hometown
Houlton, Aroostook County, Maine

Military service

Service number
31449927
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
F Company,
2nd Battalion,
141st Infantry Regiment,
36th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
27 October 1944
Place of death
Biffontaine, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
K 26 4

Immediate family

Members
Howard J.. Peabody (father)
Maude A. (Tapley) Peabody (mother)
Edith D. Peabody (sister)
Harold A. Peabody (brother)
Laurence A. Peabody (brother)
Stephen F. Peabody (brother)
Pauline R. Peabody (sister)
Doris M. (Gardiner) Peabody (wife)
Nancy Peabody (daughter)

More information

Pvt Charles L. Peabody was a salesman before he enlisted in Brewer, Maine on 16 December 1943.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, https://36th-id.frb.io, https://texasmilitaryforcesmuseum.org/, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Gardner Tree / 1940 Census, www.findagrave.com – Russ Pickett / Albert Ledoux

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Laura S