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TODD, Charles Nelson - Date of
birth
13 March 1921 -
Age
23 -
Place of birth
Lynnfield, Essex County, Massachusetts -
Hometown
Lynnfield, Essex County, Massachusetts -
Ethnicity
White
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
O1168496 -
Rank
First Lieutenant -
Function
unknown -
Unit
809th Tank Destroyer Battalion
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Awards
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
8 March 1945 - Place of
death
In the vicinity of Ossenberg-Rheinberg, Germany
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| F | 15 | 18 |
Immediate family
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Members
Nelson B. Todd (father)
Edna H. (Peale) Todd (mother)
Barnard P. Todd (brother)
David B. Todd (brother)
More information
1st Lt Charles N. Todd graduated from Huntington High School with the class of 1938 and attended Dartmouth College for two years. Following his two years at Dartmouth, he was with the Krippendorf Kalculator Company.He enlisted in Boston, Massachusetts on 29 January 1942. He received his basic training at Fort Bragg in North Carolina and was commissioned a second lieutenant at Fort Sill in Oklahoma in August 1942. He was promoted to first lieutenant in April 1943, while he was at Camp Hood, Texas. He was sent overseas in November 1944.
His brother David B. Todd, is buried at the American Military Cemetery of Henri-Chapelle.
Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1920-1930-1940 Census /World War II Army Enlistment Records Family Tree, http://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org/ - After action report February, March, April 1945
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, The Wakefield Daily Item