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Personal info

Full name
NUSSBAUM, Charles Dale
Date of birth
17 March 1911
Age
33
Place of birth
Mansfield, Richland County, Ohio
Hometown
Richland County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35295384
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
121st Infantry Regiment,
8th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
28 December 1944
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
G 8 3

Immediate family

Members
Wallace E. Nussbaum (father)
Ida Mae (Rosen) Nussbaum (mother)
Bessie B. Nussbaum (sister)
Harold E. Nussbaum (brother)
Naomi C. (Dise) Nussbaum (wife)

More information

Pfc Charles D. Nussbaum graduated from Mansfield High School in 1929 where he was on the track team and was a member of the photo club.

He was employed at the Westinghouse Electronics and Manufacturing Co. before he enlisted on 10 November 1942 in Columbus, Ohio.

He was wounded in action in France on 5 September 1944 for which he was awarded the Purple Heart Medal a first time. After recovering he rejoined his unit.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.anestry.com - Schwartz Family Tree, News-Journal - 11 January 1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Mansfield High School Yearbook, 1929