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Personal info

Full name
RIDDELL, Charles Gregg
Date of birth
10 July 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Swampscott, Essex County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Swampscott, Essex County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31421877
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
30th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
23 January 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Holzwihr, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
D 14 32

Immediate family

Members
Charles G. Riddell (father)
Anne B.(Turpie) Riddell (mother)
George T. Riddell (brother)
Daniel T. Riddell (brother)
James L. Riddell (brother)

More information

Pfc Charles G. Riddell attended high school for four years before he enlisted in Boston, Massachusetts on 21 September 1943.

He is remembered on the WWII memorial monument in Swampscott.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men / US WW2 Hospital Admission Cards, History 3rd Infantry Division WWII

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Mac Swamp