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Personal info

Full name
ETTER, Charles E
Date of birth
6 December 1913
Age
30
Place of birth
Tennessee
Hometown
Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee

Military service

Service number
O-353504
Rank
Lieutenant Colonel
Function
unknown
Unit
41st Armored Infantry Regiment,
2nd Armored Division
Awards
Silver Star with Oak Leaf Cluster,
Purple Heart,
French Croix De Guerre,
with Palm

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 November 1944
Place of death
Immendorf, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
F 9 21

Immediate family

Members
J. Henry Etter (father)
Nora H. Etter (mother)
John H. Etter (brother)
Helen Etter (sister)
Lilian L. (Thatcher) Etter (wife)
Charlotte (White) Etter (daughter)

More information

Lt Col Charles E. Etter joined the Regular Army in August 1940, and was sent overseas in December 1942. He took part in the invasion of North Africa and Sicily before his unit was sent to France.

For his part in the liberation of France he was awarded the Silver Star.

In a letter to his parents he stated that his unit was one of the first battalions to enter Germany and expressed pride in the men of his unit.

Source of information: André Koch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census / 1940 Census, www.archives.gov - https://etvma.org, http://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org - After Action Report CCA, The Tennesean - Dec 4, 1944
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, The Tennesean - Dec 4, 1944