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Personal info

Full name
PEEVY, Charley Robert
Date of birth
22 April 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Choudrant, Lincoln Parish, Louisiana
Hometown
Lincoln Parish, Louisiana
Ethnicity
African American

Military service

Service number
38392281
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
121st Infantry Regiment,
8th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

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

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
N 22 15

Immediate family

Members
George E. Peevy (father)
Beulah (Brown) Peevy (mother)
Ida M. Peevy (sister)
J. C. Peevy (brother)
William R. Peevy (brother)
W. J. Peevy (brother)

More information

Pvt Charley R. Peevy graduated from Lincoln High School.

He enlisted in New Orleans, Louisiana on 22 June 1943.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1940 Census, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Des Philippet, Service Records of Lincoln Parish, Louisiana