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Personal info

Full name
HIERHOLZER, Charles Mathias
Date of birth
15 February 1912
Age
32
Place of birth
Aurora, Lawrence County, Missouri
Hometown
Wenatchee, Chelan County, Washington

Military service

Service number
39048855
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
134th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
29 December 1944
Place of death
West of Lutrebois, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 10 27

Immediate family

Members
Henry J. Hierholzer (father)
Mary K. (Pruente) Hierholzer (mother)
Peter J. Hierholzer (brother)
Frederick H. Hierholzer (brother)
Lawrence A. Hierholzer (brother)
Catherine M. Hierholzer (sister)
Francis R. Hierholzer (sister)
John H. Hierholzer (brother)
Joseph F. Hierholzer (brother)
Anna M. Hierholzer (sister)
Robert P. Hierholzer (brother)
Virginia M. (Taylor) Hierholzer (wife)

More information

Pvt Charles M. Hierholzer was a driver at the Columbia Ice and Cold Storage Company before he enlisted in Presidio of Monterey, California on 22 March 1944.

He is remembered at the Calvary Cemetery in Verona, Lawrence County, Missouri.

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 / Oregon State Marriages / Daniel Family Tree, after Action Report 35th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - Connie Stockton Schmidt
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery / Connie Stockton Schmidt