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Personal info

Full name
BREWER, Charles Theodore Jr
Date of birth
1922
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Mississippi
Hometown
Johnston Station, Pike County, Mississippi

Military service

Service number
34474272
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
26th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 October 1944
Place of death
Aachen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
F 10 28

Immediate family

Members
Charles T. Brewer (father)
Julia A. (Greer) Brewer (mother)
Eva L. Brewer (sister)
Blanche Brewer (sister)
Billie J. Brewer (sister)
Ruby M. Brewer (sister)

More information

Sgt Charles T. Brewer Jr. graduated from Station High School and attended Southwest Mississippi Junior College at Summit. He was a fireman on the Illinois Central railroad.

He enlisted at Camp Shelby, Mississippi on 24 October 1942.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, Charles Anding (nephew), Erwin Derhaag, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census, www.history.army.mil/html/bookshelves/resmat/ww2list.html, McComb Enterprise-Jounal (McComb, Mississippi)

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Charles Anding