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Personal info

Full name
MITCHELL, Charles W
Date of birth
1 September 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
McCracken County, Kentucky
Hometown
Paducah, McCracken County, Kentucky

Military service

Service number
35719392
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
335th Infantry Regiment,
84th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
23 December 1944
Place of death
Near Rochefort, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
C 1 30

Immediate family

Members
Rollie W. Mitchell (father)
Gwendolyn (Holcomb) Mitchell (mother)
Frank Klutts (stepfather)
Imogene Mitchell (sister)
W. D. Mitchell (brother)
Pauline (Hack) Mitchell (wife)

More information

Sgt Charles W. Mitchell enlisted in Evansville, Indiana on 9 December 1942.

At the time of his death, his brother served with the U.S. Navy.

Source of information: André Koch, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census, Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, 1942-1949. Kentucky, Birth Index, 1911-1999, McCracken County, Kentucky - Part of the KYGenWeb, www.newspapers.com - The Paducah Sun Democrat - 8 May 1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Des Philippet, http://kykinfolk.com/mccracken/image83.jpg