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Personal info

Full name
DEWEESE, Charley Roscoe Jr
Date of birth
27 September 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Lampkin, Commanche County, Texas
Hometown
Dublin, Erath County, Texas

Military service

Service number
38687873
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
309th Infantry Regiment,
78th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
6 April 1945
Place of death
Dattenfeld, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
I 21 8

Immediate family

Members
Charley R. Deweese (father)
Mary E. (Daniel) Deweese (mother)
Hunley E. Deweese (brother)
Nancy B. Deweese (sister)
Ida I. Deweese (sister)
Johnnie L. Deweese (sister)
Lola M. (Rasberry) Deweese (wife)
Joe D. Deweese (son)
Jimmy L. Deweese (son)

More information

Pfc Charley R. Deweese Jr. enlisted at Camp Wolters, Texas on 30 May 1944.

He was killed by small arms fire in the back.

He never new his youngest son Jimmy who was born on the date of his father's death.

He was initially buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Ittenbach, Germany on 12 April 1945. After being disinterred, his remains were reburied in a temporary grave at Margraten on 4 September 1945. After being disinterred a second time on 23 September 1948, he was given his final resting place on 26 January 1949.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census / Family Trees / Headstone and Interment Record, www.youtube.com, IDPF

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.ancestry.com - Mrs Deweese, Ken Jones