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Personal info

Full name
DEAN, Charles O
Date of birth
4 July 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan
Hometown
Grand Junction, Van Buren County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36991437
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
329th Infantry Regiment,
83rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
12 January 1945
Place of death
Petite-Langlire, Belgium

Grave

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

Immediate family

Members
Charles Dean (father)
Bessie (Springs) Dean (mother)
Ronald H. Dean (brother)
Doris M. Dean (sister)
Elener C. Dean (sister)
Gladys Dean (sister)
Luella M. Dean (sister)
Betty (Bekkering) Dean (wife)
Charles S. Dean (son)
William L. Dean (son)

More information

Pvt Charles O. Dean was employed by the Brown-McLaren Manufacturing Company in Hamburg, Michigan.

He enlisted on 27 June 1944 and was sent overseas in November of the same year.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census / Bontekoe Holwerda, Livingston County Daily Press and Argus

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Livingston County Daily Press and Argus