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Personal info

Full name
TOOMBS, Charles H
Date of birth
1922
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Ball, Sangamon County, Illinois
Hometown
Macoupin County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
16040539
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
60th Infantry Regiment,
9th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
9 February 1945
Place of death
Schmidt area, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
H 10 70

Immediate family

Members
Lawrence H. Toombs (father)
Emma L. (Green) Toombs (mother)
Hershel Toombs (brother)
Bertha I. Toombs (sister)

More information

S/Sgt Charles H. Toombs enlisted in East St. Louis, Illinois on 8 October 1940.

Source of information: Cor van den Burg, Sheree Dowdle, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record,
www.ancestry.com - Julie's Family Tree, 1920/1930 Census, http://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org/

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet / Frederic Blais