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Personal info

Full name
RICKETTS, Charles Michael
Date of birth
2 September 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky
Hometown
Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky

Military service

Service number
35813049
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
134th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
1 February 1945
Place of death
Limburg an der Lahn, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 6 78

Immediate family

Members
Victor L. Ricketts (father)
Emma A. (Aberli) Ricketts (mother)
Bertha R. Ricketts (sister)
Elsie M. Ricketts (sister)
Victor L. Ricketts Jr. (brother)
Alice E. Ricketts (sister)
Alfred Ricketts (brother)
Jessie L. (Dutton) Ricketts (wife)
Vicky Ricketts (daughter)

More information

Pvt Charles M. Ricketts was employed at Jeffersonville Boat & Machine Works before he enlisted in Louisville, Kentucky on 10 January 1944. He was sent overseas in October 1944.

He was taken prisoner and died in Stalag IX-B. The exact cause is not known.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record / WWII Prisoners of War Data File , www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Collins & Haneline Tree, After Action Report 35th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com – MAJ Jimmy Cotton
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery, www.ancestry.com – Kathy Harmon