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Personal info

Full name
NEFF, Charles William
Date of birth
19 May 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Altoona, Blair County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Altoona, Blair County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33574718
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
378th Infantry Regiment,
95th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
7 April 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
K 2 20

Immediate family

Members
Ernest E. Neff (father)
Margaret G. (Nicodemus) Neff (mother)

More information

Charles Neff graduated from Altoona High School in 1942 and was employed by the Shaffer Stores company as a clerk.

He enlisted on 11 March 1943, trained at Fort Jackson, South Carolina and then was transferred to school under the ASTP plan in Leland, Florida and Carnegie Tech. in Pittsburg.

When the specialized training program was suspended he was transferred to the infantry.

Source of information: FOHF, Kathy McDermott, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com, www.newspapers.com - Altoona Tribune

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.newspapers.com - Altoona High School Yearbook 1942, Altoona Mirror - 26 April 1945