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Personal info

Full name
WHITE, Charles Henry Jr
Date of birth
29 December 1913
Age
30
Place of birth
Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut
Hometown
Santa Ana, Orange County, California

Military service

Service number
39539296
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
134th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 September 1944
Place of death
Fresnes, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 22 81

Immediate family

Members
Charles H. White Sr. (father)
Pauline E. (Lucas) White (mother)
Dorothy A. White (sister)
Laurentine C. White (sister)
Helen M. (Upshall) White (wife)
Jerolyn M. White (daughter)

More information

Pvt Charles H. White Jr. was a mail carrier for the U.S. Post Office before he enlisted at Fort MacArthur, California on 10 April 1944.

He was killed by small arms fire to his chest.

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

He is remembered at the Fairhaven Memorial Park in Santa Ana, Orange County, California.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwwmemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Susana Harbach Family / 1940 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card, After Action Report 35th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - Sadie May / Charles Lewis Beal / Coleman
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Charles Lewis Beal / Sadie May