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Personal info

Full name
ROACH, Charles B
Date of birth
13 June 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Bethlehem, Northampton County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Bethlehem, Northampton County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33833717
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
H Company,
2nd Battalion,
112th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
15 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Schmidt, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
B 12 36

Immediate family

Members
John B. Roach (father)
Julia E. (Sutto) Roach (mother)

More information

Pfc Charles B. Roach attended Liberty High School.

He enlisted in Allentown, Pennsylvania on 23 October 1943. He was sent overseas in May 1944.

He is remembered at the Memorial Park Cemetery in Bethlehem, Northampton County, Pennsylvania.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / Pennsylvania, Veterans Burial Cards / Pennsylvania, Veteran Compensation Application Files, https://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USA/USA-SS-Three/USA-SS-Three-III-8.html

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet / Tom Myers, The Bethelem Globe 4 December 1944 - courtesy of John Sise