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Personal info

Full name
THERN, Charles Carl
Date of birth
13 September 1907
Age
37
Place of birth
Mabscott, Raleigh County, West Virginia
Hometown
Logan, Logan County, West Virginia

Military service

Service number
35643227
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
I Company,
3rd Battalion,
394th Infantry Regiment,
99th Infantry Division,
Medical Detachment
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 December 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Mürringen, south of Krinkelt, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
D 8 47

Immediate family

Members
Jacob Thern (father)
Sofa Thern (mother)
Andrew Thern (brother)
Charles Thern (brother)
Michael Thern (brother)
Ella D. (Mundy) Thern (wife)

More information

T/5 Charles C. Thern enlisted in Huntington, West Virginia on 7 December 1942.

Photo Dog tag: Dog tag recovered in August 2000 near the Losheimergraben crossroads among material belonging to Company I, 394th Inf Reg, 99th Inf Div.

Source of information: Cor van den Burg, Terry Hirsch, Carla Mans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1930 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, JL Seel (99th Mia Project), http://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org/

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, JL Seel