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Personal info

Full name
JUDD, Charles R Jr
Date of birth
9 May 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Butler, Richland County, Ohio
Hometown
Hamilton County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35793716
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
401st Glider Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Missing in Action
Date of death
2 February 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Walls of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Charles H. Judd (father)
Mae B. (Moore) Judd (mother)
Helen G. Judd (sister)

More information

Pvt Charles R. Judd Jr. graduated from Woodward High School in Cincinnati and was employed as a bookkeeper at the Cincinnati Machine Supply Company.

He enlisted at Fort Thomas, Kentucky on 20 March 1943. He went overseas in July 1944.

His brother-in-law, Pfc Melvin Burbage, served with the infantry.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Astrid van Erp, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ww2-airborne.us, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census / Ohio Birth Index, www.newspapers.com - The Cincinnati Enquirer, www.newspaperarchive.com - Hamilton Daily News Journal

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.newspaperarchive.com - Hamilton Daily News Journal, www.ancestry.com - Woodward High School Yearbook 1942