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Personal info

Full name
ROBERTS, Charles Richard
Date of birth
28 January 1919
Age
26
Place of birth
New Haven County, Connecticut
Hometown
New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut

Military service

Service number
31249724
Rank
Technical Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
313th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
22 October 1945
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
K 33 18

Immediate family

Members
James W. Roberts (father)
Isabelle J. (Squires) Roberts (mother)
Raymond J. Roberts (brother)
Elizabeth Roberts (sister)

More information

T/Sgt Charles R. Roberts attended high school for two years and was a fisherman before he enlisted in Hartford, Connecticut on 13 November 1942.

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 / U.S. Social Security Applications and Index / 1930 Census / Combat History 79th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - Albert Ledoux
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