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Personal info

Full name
PEPPER, Charles Earsel "Charlie"
Date of birth
2 May 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
Grafton, Taylor County, West Virginia
Hometown
Akron, Summit County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35025386
Rank
Technician Fourth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
3rd Tank Battalion,
10th Armored Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 December 1944
Place of death
Longvilly, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 7 3

Immediate family

Members
Orus Pepper (father)
Florence (Dayton) Pepper (mother)
Stergil D. Pepper (brother)
Lena J. Pepper (sister)
Juanita Pepper (sister)
Lois (Jeffery) Pepper (wife)

More information

T/4 Charles E. Pepper attended high school for four years and was employed at the Firestone Tire & Rubber Company before he enlisted in Cleveland, Ohio on 24 June 1941.
He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Grand-Failly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Kennedy Family Tree / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.10tharmored.com, www.findagrave.com – WV Roots
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery / Kiley Mann