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Personal info

Full name
CONNOR, Charles Edward
Date of birth
1 September 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Niantic, Macon County, Illinois
Hometown
Macon County, Illinois
Religion
Catholic

Military service

Service number
36981739
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
K Company,
3rd Battalion,
353rd Infantry Regiment,
89th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

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

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
K 3 16

Immediate family

Members
Edward T. Connor (father)
Helen E. (Blalock) Connor (mother)
Mary N. Connor (sister)

More information

Pfc Charles E. Connor graduated from Niantic High School and was employed at the Sangemon Ordnance plant in Illiopolis.

He was went overseas on 26 December 1944.

On some of the military document his last name was also spelled as Conner.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Family Tree, www.newspapers.com - The Decatur Daily Review

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.ancestry.com - Mary, www.newspapers.com - The Decatur Daily Review