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Personal info

Full name
BASS, Charles Orley "Buster"
Date of birth
6 June 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Okemah, Okfuskee County, Oklahoma
Hometown
Okemah, Okfuskee County, Oklahoma

Military service

Service number
38697502
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
134th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
12 January 1945
Place of death
Lutremange, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 5 21

Immediate family

Members
Herschel O. Bass (father)
Blanch A. (Black) Bass (mother)
Starline A. Bass (sister)
Mary J. (Alexander) Bass (wife)
Edna Bass (daughter)
Barbara E. Bass (daughter)

More information

Pfc Charles O. Bass was a pulling unit operator before he enlisted at Fort Sill, Oklahoma on 22 April 1944. He was sent overseas on 23 November 1944.

He is remembered at the Highland Cemetery in Okemah, Okfuskee County, Oklahoma.

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 / Irvine Family Tree, After Action Report 35th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com – Travis Cott / Eric Ackerman, www.newspapers.com – The Okfuskee County News 1 February 1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery / Linda Venable